On March 18 the law and order bodies arrested the press photographer of “Arminfo”
news agency Meruzhan Minasian. Despite the presence of the professional identification
card, the policemen did not allow the journalist make shootings of the protest
picket at the RA President’s residence to protect Armen Sargsian, arrested
on the case of Tigran Naghdalian’s assassination (see above). The order keepers
struck Meruzhan Minasian with a baton, took his camera and dispatched him to
the Police station of Arabkir-Zeitun community of Yerevan. In two hours, after
the intervention of “Arminfo” management, Minasian’s colleagues and
the administration of the RA Police, he was released. According to the journalist,
the camera was returned to him undamaged, and the police officers apologized
for the misunderstanding.
