The Armenian National Unity Party issued a statement.
"Yesterday night, at around 11:15 p.m., people in civilian clothes, accompanied by the patrol service, stopped the car of the members of the "Hayots Hamazkayin Miasnutyun" party without any justification, after which Ararat Avetisyan, the vice president of the Armenian National Union, Hayk Stepanyan and Armine Simonyan, as well as other members of the youth union of the party were forcibly brought to Yerevan Shengavit police station.
In total, 8 members of the party were arrested, 3 of them are girls. Once again, the current regime is resorting to repressive methods in order to intimidate the members of the Armenian Nationalist Party, this time using force even against female representatives.
No member of the party was given the opportunity to contact a lawyer or a relative. We strongly condemn the political persecutions ordered by the current administration."
