Investigative Committee of Armenia opens criminal case on police  actions in Kirants

ArmInfo. The Investigative Committee of Armenia initiated a criminal case on the fact of the 

actions of the police in Kirantsi. This was stated by the coordinator 

of the "Hayakwe" initiative, Avetik Chalabyan, on May 16 during a 

conversation with journalists. He said that a criminal case was 

initiated under 2 articles - abuse of official power and obstruction 

of the activities of the media.

"We will be consistent in ensuring that all police officials are held 

accountable for their actions. But I assume they will state that the 

instructions were received from the top leadership," he said.

Residents of the border villages of Tavush have been holding protests 

on the Armenia-Georgia interstate road on the Kirants-Voskepar 

section since April 19. They opposed and continue to oppose the 

border delimitation option agreed upon by Yerevan and Baku, as a 

result of which strategic heights will pass to Azerbaijan and 

Armenian villages will be completely or partially surrounded by the 

Azerbaijani side. In addition, actions of disobedience broke out 

throughout the country demanding an end to unilateral concessions to 

the enemy.

During peaceful protests, law enforcement officers obstructed the 

work of the media representatives and used disproportionate force to 

detain citizens, as evidenced by video footage distributed online.