The number of people detained during the protest has exceeded 60, some are in custody

Today, an unprecedented mass protest action was organized in front of the Government building. As a result of the new aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan on September 19, there are again casualties on the contact line, and in some areas it is not possible to communicate at all, and there is already an official confirmation that they have no information about dozens of servicemen who were in the positions of hot battles in recent days. The parents of servicemen performing fixed-term and contract service in the mentioned areas have not been able to communicate for several days and now they are demanding the government to take steps to organize security issues and to provide information about their children.

The parents of those who went missing during the 44-day war also joined today's action and demanded to show responsibility towards the defenders of the homeland and the citizens of Armenia. Many of those gathered are already afraid that the same fate awaits them as the parents of the missing, who are still fighting for their sons. Lawyer Gohar Mkrtchyan, who represents the interests of relatives of missing servicemen, was also present at the rally, and he was joined by cases from other ministries.

"Look at how the special unit of the police guards the government building. If the borders of our country had such protection, we wouldn't be in this situation," remarked Gohar Mkrtchyan during an interview with us, adding that the gathered people don't want power, they came themselves, they just want responsibility towards their soldiers.

Let's remind that about a month ago, the police used brute force to disperse the participants of the action held in front of the government and the Prosecutor General's Office, many of them were detained. "The personal grief of those people is small, and now they have to face the illegalities of the law enforcement officers. During our previous actions, 23 people were illegally arrested and spent days in police stations, a total of six dozen people were charged, and another 37 people were detained for a period of up to two months," Mkrtchyan informed. According to the lawyer, he is also dealing with that issue and will pursue the legal assessment of the actions of the police. "Otherwise, we will have to deal with the facts of new violence in the future," he emphasized.

Directed by: Alisa Navasardyan