YEREVAN. – A total of 252 people were apprehended during Sunday’s protests in support of Opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader, MP, and business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan in Yerevan. The police informed Armenian News-NEWS.am about this.

As per the respective police statement, under the government's decision to declare a state of emergency in Armenia, rallies have been banned in the country.

But on Sunday, a group of people held a rally in Yerevan, near the building of the National Security Service.

These persons did not obey the lawful demands of the police to keep a social distance and to stop the rally in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and therefore 252 people were apprehended as of 10pm.

A criminal case has been launched.