Activists of "Founding Parliament" hold march demanding to release their colleagues

In Yerevan, about 50 members of the opposition movement took part in the action demanding to release the arrested members of the "Founding Parliament", the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on April 7, members of the "Founding Parliament" (formerly "Pre-Parliament"), including Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100 Years without Regime", activist Gevorg Safaryan, Varuzhan Avetisyan, the Deputy Chairman of the movement, activist Pavel Manukyan, and Garegin Chukaszyan, the Chairman of the movement, were arrested on suspicion of plotting riots in Armenia.

On April 25, members of the movement organized a march through the streets of the administrative district of Erebuni in Yerevan. They were chanting: "Freedom!" and informing city residents about the arrests of Zhirair Sefilyan and his supporters.

The protest action lasted about an hour, and the protestors were accompanied by the police.

Prior to their march, the members of the opposition movement held a meeting.

"We are in an emergency situation. In connection with the arrests of our activists, we want as much as possible to avoid any contact and clashes with the police. We want to bring our words to the people within the law," stated at the meeting Gagik Sarukhanyan, a member of the "Founding Parliament", the Chairman of the military and patriotic organization "Khachakir".

In his speech, Toros Sefilyan, a brother of Zhirair Sefilyan, the arrested leader of the "100 years without regime", has noted that the movement "Armenian Revival" is preparing to appeal to all the international organizations in connection with the arrests of the members of the "Founding Parliament".

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.