Yesterday, during the regular action in front of Harsnaqar restaurant complex, the activist Vardges Gaspar was taken to the Avan Police department for lying on the sidewalk and was fined for AMD 30,000. Mr. Gaspar told to Aravot.am that he was not told the reason for taking to the Police station, that before taking to the Department he was standing silently in front of Harsnaqar holding a poster in his hand, which said “… slaughterhouse, Vahe Avetyan was killed here. “At first someone dressed up as a civilian took the poster from my hand, afterwards a group of police holding my hands and feet took me away.”,- he said. Mr. Gaspar was imposed an administrative penalty for lying on the sidewalk, justifying that lying he hampers the road traffic. Mr. Gaspar is going to protest against the fine and the actions of the police tomorrow by hold a picket in front of the house of the police chief Vladimir Gasparyan. “My motto is going to be ‘enough to lick the shoes’ of oligarchs.” Yesterday, a group of activists with the help of an action in front of Harsnaqar expressed their dissatisfaction with the decision of conducting the wedding of singers Martin Mkrtchyan and Hripsimeh Hakobyan out there.
Arpine SIMONYAN
