YEREVAN. - Members of the “Rise up, Armenia” initiative have launched a march to the Police building, demanding to punish policeman Gegham Khachatryan and release member of radical opposition group “Founding Parliament”, Gevorg Safaryan, who is accused of violence against the policeman.

The march participants are scanning slogans. They are watched by a large number of policemen led by Yerevan deputy Chief of Police Valery Osipyan.

Clashes took place between the “New Armenia” activists and policemen on New Year Eve because of an activist who had dressed in Christmas tree costume and walked down the capital’s streets.