YEREVAN. – Two young protestors, Harutyun Hautyunyan and Hayk Parikyan, went on hunger strike at 18:00 at the junction of Isahakyan and Baghramyan streets. The They don’t yet know how long their hunger strike will last.
The young men demand to cancel the decision on electricity tariff rise.
Yerevan Deputy Chief of Police Valery Osipyan approached them and inquired who they are and how long their hunger strike will last, to which the young men responded: “Until our demand is met.”
Responding to the journalists’ question on whether Armenia’s Chief of Police knows there are people on hunger strike, Osipyan said: “The Chief of Police is aware of the operative situation.”