On the instructions of the Human Rights Defender Anahit
Manasyan, the HRD staff continues to work in an emergency mode due to the protests
and gatherings taking place in the republic.
The monitoring of the media and social platforms, as well
as the analysis of the alerts received by the Office of the Defender, continue.
According to the received information, a group of people
participating in the protests were apprehended. On the instructions of the
Defender, the representatives of the Defender's Office went to the police
stations in order to visit the apprehended persons and get acquainted with the
state of ensuring their rights on the spot.
The Human Rights Defender once again urges the competent
state authorities and the organizers and participants of the gathering to
ensure the peaceful course of the assembly and the existing legal standards in
the field.
The hotline telephone numbers of the Human Rights
Defender's Office are 116 and (096) 116100.