Group of criminals fights against the people: human rights activist
Human rights activist Artak Zeynalyan doesn’t think that at night in sari Tagh policemen dealt with the demonstrators, “They are not policemen; that is a gang, criminals. The events in Armenian are out of legal platform. That group, which wear police uniform, has no connection with the police, they are out of law, rules of constitution. The policeman cannot carry out his service in civilian clothes. That is a group of criminals, which fights against the people,” Artak Zeynalyan told “A1+”. In reply to the question whether the police have a right to use explosives in a residential district, the human rights activist answered: “When using special measures the police must have taken into consideration their consequences for other people and their property, but the situation, which exists in our country, can be considered uncontrollable and critical.” To our remark who is responsible for the damage caused to the citizens and who the citizens can apply to, the human rights activist answered, “Even if there is theoretically defense of rights in Armenia, I doubt, practically it isn’t applicable, especially in case of such amount of violations of law. There is no legal means of protection of rights in Armenia, so the citizens themselves must think how they can defend their rights.” To remind, this night the police used special measures in Sari Tagh, using explosives towards the peaceful demonstrators, as a result of which journalists and residents of the neighboring areas were injured. More than 100 people were detained and 60 people were taken to the medical institutions.
