On 21 July, hundreds of citizens were gathered in Khorenatsi street to prevent the possible collisions between the armed group members who have occupied the PPSR and the police. Journalist of Iravaban.net Gevorg Tosunyan was carrying out his professional activities in Khorenatsi Street and neighboring to it areas to cover the developments referring to the capture of the Police regiment premises and other event related to it.
In Tigran Mets Avenue he videotaped the incident where persons in civilian clothes were throwing stones on other civilians. The persons, who were throwing stones, exercised violence against the journalist, pushed him and throw on the ground, hit and then forcedly seized the camera and took the memory card hindering the journalist’s professional activities.
The Armenian Lawyers Association strongly condemns the violence, the case of obstructing the professional activities of the journalist and stresses that according to Article 164 of the RA Criminal Code, Hindrance to the legal professional activities of a journalist is a criminally punishable act.
Armenian Lawyers Association is calling on law enforcement bodies, to immediately give a legal assessment to this act and take measures to solve the crime and to bring the perpetrators to responsibility.