Regarding the incident that took place yesterday in Lori Marz with the participation of police officers and citizens, as a result of which, according to some publications, citizens were inflicted with various degree of physical injuries and tear gas was used, the Human Rights Defender requested clarifications from the RA Police, according to which a criminal proceedings was initiated in connection with the incident..

“HRD representatives were also verbally assured by the Police that the videos made by the video recording devices attached to the officers in connection with the incident have been preserved.

Further, the defender will request clarifications from the criminal prosecution authorities regarding the criminal proceedings and will keep the course of the criminal proceedings in the center of attention in order to ensure a comprehensive, complete and objective investigation,” the HRD statement said.