Vardges Gaspari (left), July 28, 2016. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

06 August 2016, 17:41

Police release Vardges Gaspari

Activist Vardges Gaspari, who has been brought today to a police station in Yerevan, has refused to answer questions of law enforcers and is released.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that today, in Yerevan, activist Vardges Gaspari was making his way to the house of Serzh Sargsyan to carry out a protest action, however, he was brought by policemen to a police station.

At about 4:10 p.m. Moscow time, Vardges Gaspari reported that he was released from the police. According to the activist, at the time of his detention, he was in front of the presidential residence.

While at the police, Vardges Gaspari refused to explain his actions, and the policemen also did not explain to him the cause of his detention, the "News.am" reports with reference to the activist himself.

Let us remind you that Vardges Gaspari is a supporter of the opposition, and he holds protest actions in the course of which he falls to the ground and does not move. For example, he held one of such actions in June, when the police did not allow him to approach Pope Francis who visited Armenia.

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

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