YEREVAN. - 13 activists of Free Political Prisoners campaign have been detained from near the National Assembly building in Yerevan. The reason was that they had tied themselves with a rope to the parliament building railing.

The attorney of one of the activists, Ara Gharagyozyan, told Armenian News – NEWS.am correspondent the names of the detainees: Karpis Pashoyan, Michael Nazaryan, Tigran Mazmanyan, Vahe Gevorgyan, Artak Gevorgyan, Lusine Hayrapetyan, Herbert Gevorgyan, Ashot Khachatryan and Sipan Pashinyan. The attorney didn’t know the names of the other four.

The police promised to release the detainees in three hours.