YEREVAN. - Two more citizens have been charged with obstructing the professional activity of journalists while dispersing the protest in Yerevan’s Sari Tagh district in the night of July 19 to July 30, the Special Investigation Service (SIS) press-service reports.

Citizens Vladimir M. and Seyran K. are accused of hindering the professional activity of journalists and committing hooliganism by a gang.

The SIS investigator has made a motion in the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan’s Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun administrative districts to choose arrest as a preventive measure against the defendants.

They have been charged under Article 308.1 (abuse of official authority or duties), 309.2 (Exceeding official authorities with violence, ) and 164 (hindrance to the lawful professional activities of journalists) of the Armenian Criminal Code. 

Eight more persons have been charged under the aforementioned articles.