Armenia electricity price hike protester sews lips

A participator in the sit-in at Liberty Square in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan—and with a demand to revoke the recent decision to raise the price of electricity in the country—has sewn his lips.

The demonstrators partaking in the sit-in have informed about this to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The person, who has resorted to this extreme form of protest, is a middle-aged man named Hovhannes.

The Yerevan police on Monday issued a statement informing that they were about to open Baghramyan Avenue, which the protesters had closed down for the past two weeks. The demonstrators were given until 12:30pm to open the avenue themselves. The protesters, however, continued their sit-on at the boulevard. At around 1pm, the number of police forces sharply increased at the avenue. Subsequently, the law enforcement detained the majority of the protesters by holding them from their feet and carrying them away. They also formed a human chain and moved the rest toward the sidewalk.

A total of 46 people were detained during this police action.

Baghramyan Avenue has reopened, and traffic on this boulevard has resumed.

And the demonstrators returned to Liberty Square, where their protest had initially started.

/By News.am/