YEREVAN. – Suren Sahakyan, who is one of the youth that are continuing their sit-in across the Armenian capital city Yerevan Municipality building, was transferred to hospital at night.    

Environmentalist and journalist Tehmine Yenokyan reported the aforesaid. 

In her words, the doctors diagnosed Sahakyan with sunstroke; his body temperature is 40°C and not dropping. 

To note, the police have not permitted the sit-in activists to pitch a tent, or to place a sunshade.

“This morning the hospital demanded money from Suren Sahakyan. Suren was discharged from hospital, with a catheter in his hand, [and] he came to the municipality. His condition remains unchanged,” Yenokyan added.   

To note, the activists—who are on the twelfth day of their sit-in—have several demands, which include the dismissals of Municipality Transport Department Chief Henrik Navasardyan and Yerevan Trans Company Director Misak Hambardzumyan.     

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the Yerevan Municipality recent decision to increase the public transport fares in the city had brought about outbursts, several groups were formed in the social networks, and the initiatives were staging protests and distributing pamphlets against this decision. In addition, the Free Car initiative was launched, along the lines of which Armenia’s numerous well-known personalities, MPs, and ordinary residents were providing—with their own vehicles—free transportation to the people.

And on July 25, Mayor Taron Margaryan suspended the decision on the fare hike; but the wave of the aforesaid movement is still alive. The activists demand that the persons, who made the decision on raising the transport fares, be brought to account, and those officials, who used violence against and cursed at the activists, be punished.