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YEREVAN. – The majority of those detained at Baghramyan Avenue in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan—and who were demanding the revoking of the recent decision to raise the price of electricity in the country—already have been released, there are no arrests, and no criminal case has opened against any demonstrator.

The Deputy Chief of Police of Armenia, Hunan Poghosyan, told the aforementioned to reporters on Wednesday.

“Any action is permissible within the legal field. [But] there are complaints that some protesters were subjected to violence while being detained; we are studying [these complaints].

“Our presence there [at the avenue] was so that we could prevent all actions by provocateurs and instigators, and nothing like that would happen.

“Our staff was instructed not to use force,” Poghosyan stated, in particular.

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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