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YEREVAN. – Twelve days have passed since the incident in Yerevan’s Khorentasi street, where the armed group has seized the Armenian police regiment.

The situation is calm, no incidents were registered at night. During the whole day on Wednesday the police detained people from Khorenatsi Street – all those who were approaching the police cordon. Some of the protesters declared an intention to gather in Liberty Square where later it became clear that many members of the initiative group had been detained.

Among those detained was also Canadian-Armenian actress Arsinee Khanjian, the wife of director Atom Egoyan. Khanjian was detained without any grounds and was taken to the unit of military police. She was deprived of her mobile phone and was finally set free after three hours in detention. Her lawyer Aramazd Kiviryan said around 80 citizens detained on Khorenatsi Street were at the unit, some of them were released.

The demonstrators moved to Khorenatsi Street where they started a sit-in. Later it was decided to end a sit-in and gather for a rally in Liberty Sqaure on Thursday evening.

 

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