Hayk Mamijanyan, the chairman of the youth organization of the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia, has been charged under the Criminal Code article on organizing and holding a rally in violation of the law.

"A while ago, I was included as an accused (my status changed from a suspect to an accused) by one of the investigators of the SERIOUS Crime Investigation Section of the Yerevan City Investigative Department of the RA [Republic of Armenia] Investigative Committee," Mamijanyan wrote on Facebook.