NATIONAL UNIFICATION OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER ACCUSED ARMENIAN LEADERSHIP IN "BARBARIC ACTIONS"

PanARMENIAN.Net - The events last night proved that the Armenian President, who resorted to barbaric methods, cannot govern the country any more, leader of National Unification opposition party Artashes Geghamian, who is now hiding from law-enforcement bodies, told Liberty radio station. Having qualified the actions of the police, who dispersed the participants of the opposition night demonstration in Yerevan, as a barbaric action, A. Geghamian noted that "the peaceful crowd, not suspecting of anything, unexpectedly found itself under powerful water streams and baton strikes." He recognized that he was hit twice with rubber batons - on his shoulder and his leg. Artashes Geghamian refused to report his location "to protect his relatives from hardships."