Lawyers hold protest outside Armenia's Interior Ministry

A group of lawyers on Tuesday staged an anti-police brutality protest outside the building of Armenia’s Interior Ministry, Report informs, citing Armenian media.

One of them was wearing a bulletproof vest and a helmet and was holding a banner reading "No to violence”.

The protest was sparked by an incident in which lawyer Karen Alaverdyan was beaten up by police officers while representing his client at a police station in Yerevan earlier in June.

Earlier, they held protests outside the Prosecutor General's Office and the EU Office in Yerevan.

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