ArmInfo. Armenian Ombudsman Anahit Manasyan has launched an investigation into the detention of
activist Narek Samsonyan by law enforcement agencies using disproportionate brute force. Although, according to the Investigative Committee of Armenia, Samsonyan is only suspected of committing hooliganism.
According to the press service of the Defender of Rights,
representatives of the Rapid Response Group of the Ombudsman's Office
went to the police station of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Armenia.
Footage of the detention of opposition activist Narek Samsonyan by
law enforcement officers was circulated on social media a few minutes
ago. In the video, a group of people, some in civilian clothes, and
some in police uniforms and masks (which in itself is illegal - ed.)
crowd attack and knock Samsonyan down, as a particularly dangerous
and armed criminal, literally driving his face into the asphalt.
