March in Yerevan in support of 'bringer of bread' (video)
19.50 The march in support of Artur Sargsyan ended outside the Hospital of Convicts. The protesters were met by a representative of the penitentiary institution. The group gave him ‘emblematic bread.’
The march was attended by lawmaker Elinar Vardanyan, a member of the Hamakhmbum (Consolidation) party. The protesters decided to gather at Liberty Square on Saturday in support of the Sasna Dzrer group members.
18.30 The marchers were met by two dozen police officers who were waiting for them outside the Prosecutor General's Office. They had cordoned off the street leading to the building, disallowing the protesters from approaching the premises. A representative of the Prosecutor General's Office came out to take a letter appeal from the group and promised to hand it to the Prosecutor General.
The protesters gave him a loaf of bread, asking to pass it to the Prosecutor General with the letter.
The group is now heading to the Hospital of Convict where Artur Sargsyan is continuing his hunger strike.
18.13 About one hundred citizens are holding a march in Yerevan in support of Artur Sargsyan (nicknamed “the bringer of bread”) who was arrested last August and released in December for taking food to members of the armed Sasna Dzrer group that seized a police station in Yerevan in July.
The march started from Liberty Square. The group is now heading to the Prosecutor General's Office with a demand to release Artur Sargsyan.
At present, they have blocked the intersection leading to Amiryan street and Mashtots avenue, paralyzing the traffic. Once again, they have presented their claims and demands to the authorities.
Deputy Chief of Yerevan police Valery Osipyan has gone up to the group urging them to reopen the street and continue the march.
The protesters were convinced.
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Artur Sargsyan was arrested on February 9 for not showing up after being summoned to a case hearing on February 3. He was released in December following his arrest last August for taking food to members of the armed Sasna Dzrer group holed up in the police station in Erebuni district.
Sragsyan has been on hunger strike at the Convicts’ Hospitalsince Feb. 10.
