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YEREVAN. – Everyone, who was detained on Monday at Baghramyan Avenue in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan—who were demanding the revoking of the recent decision to raise the price of electricity in the country—and taken to police stations, have been released.

But one of them, an about-50-year-old man, refuses to leave the police station claiming that the officers of the law had used violence against him.

Political analyst Stiopa Safaryan informed about the abovementioned to reporters, as he left one of the police precincts (PHOTOS).

Safaryan noted that there was no need to detain the people, since the demonstrators had not hampered police operations.

Four girls also were taken to a police station. One of them told us that the aforementioned man had felt ill while being detained.

“I saw how they were yanking him,” she added.

The Yerevan police on Monday issued a statement informing that they were about to open Baghramyan Avenue, which the protesters had closed down for the past two weeks. The demonstrators were given until 12:30pm to open the avenue themselves. The protesters, however, continued their sit-on at the boulevard. At around 1pm, the number of police forces sharply increased at the avenue. Subsequently, the law enforcement detained the majority of the protesters by holding them from their feet and carrying them away. They also formed a human chain and moved the rest toward the sidewalk.

A total of 46 people were detained during this police action.

Baghramyan Avenue has reopened, and traffic on this boulevard has resumed.

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