The Komerit Union (around 20 hectare) and Fountains (around 10 hectare) parks, opened in the 1980s and separated from each other by Vazgen Sargsyan street (former Leningradyan), ending at Antaravan street (former Manushyan), were investigated in the framework of the project Public Addresses. From the early 1990s till today, cabin townships were established in these […]
04.07.2012 A protest in front of the National Assembly to hold Ruben Hayrapetyan, an MP of the Republican Party of Armenia, criminally responsible. All the parliamentary factions were also present at the assembly room that day. They were to meet the president of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy. The protest was against the incident on […]
The politician Edgar Vardanyan gives a speech from the Citizens’ Platform of the Mashtots park. The topic is “The Essence of the Constitutional Order”
At the Mashtots park the activists try to stop the construction of commercial boutiques. Marching down to the City Hall, the activists present the specific Articles in the Armenian Constitution which protect public areas from damage.
An H1 employee fails to film or take interviews from the activists at the Mashtots park because of their distrust of Armenia’s leading Public Television.
30.04.2012 A group of civic activists, who tried to raise awareness about environmental issues at a Republican rally in the Avan district of Yerevan, were met with the party’s intolerance.
The activists march through the central streets of Yerevan, demanding the removal of the recently constructed boutiques at the Mashtots park. The police accompany them and try to control the situation, becoming especially impatient and rude when the activists block the avenue.
