Armenia: Excessive Police Force at Protest

Demonstrators march peacefully in downtown Yerevan on July 30, 2016.
Demonstrators march peacefully in downtown Yerevan on July 30, 2016.  © 2016 Giorgi Gogia/Human Rights Watch
Riot police and barbed wire block protestors from marching down Baghramyan Street in downtown Yerevan on July 30, 2016.
Riot police and barbed wire block protestors from marching down Baghramyan Street in downtown Yerevan on July 30, 2016.  © 2016 Giorgi Gogia/Human Rights Watch
Suren (not his real name) received 30 lacerations as well as first and second degree burns covering both of his legs as the result of an exploding stun grenade fired by police into the middle of peacefully gathered crowds in the Erebuni district of Yereva
Suren (not his real name) received 30 lacerations as well as first and second degree burns covering both of his legs as the result of an exploding stun grenade fired by police into the middle of peacefully gathered crowds in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on July 29, 2016.  © 2016 Giorgi Gogia/Human Rights Watch
At a peaceful protest on July 29, 2016 in the Erebuni district of Yerevan, police forcibly detained and kicked Marat Yavromyan in the face, breaking his nose.
At a peaceful protest on July 29, 2016 in the Erebuni district of Yerevan, police forcibly detained and kicked Marat Yavromyan in the face, breaking his nose. © 2016 Private
A remnant of a rocket-projected stun grenade fired by police into the middle of peacefully gathered crowds in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on July 29, 2016.
A remnant of a rocket-projected stun grenade fired by police into the middle of peacefully gathered crowds in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on July 29, 2016. © 2016 Giorgi Gogia/Human Rights Watch
Robert Ananyan, a cameraman for A1+ information agency, shows lacerations he sustained on his arm and legs from exploding stun grenades used by police to violently disperse peaceful protestors in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on July 29, 2016.
Robert Ananyan, a cameraman for A1+ information agency, shows lacerations he sustained on his arm and legs from exploding stun grenades used by police to violently disperse peaceful protestors in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on July 29, 2016.  © 2016 Giorgi Gogia/Human Rights Watch
Remnant of a hand-thrown stun grenade used as part of the police’s violent dispersal of protestors in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on July 29, 2016.
Remnant of a hand-thrown stun grenade used as part of the police’s violent dispersal of protestors in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on July 29, 2016.  © 2016 Giorgi Gogia/Human Rights Watch
A bruise on the shoulder of Marut Vanyan, a cameraman with Lragir.am news site. Unidentified men cooperating with Armenian police beat Vanyan with wooden clubs as he filmed the police’s violent dispersal of protestors in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on
A bruise on the shoulder of Marut Vanyan, a cameraman with Lragir.am news site. Unidentified men cooperating with Armenian police beat Vanyan with wooden clubs as he filmed the police’s violent dispersal of protestors in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on July 29, 2016.  © 2016 Giorgi Gogia/Human Rights Watch
Unidentified men cooperating with Armenian police beat cameraman David Harutyunyan with a wooden club and destroyed his video camera as he filmed the violent police dispersal in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on July 29, 2016.
Unidentified men cooperating with Armenian police beat cameraman David Harutyunyan with a wooden club and destroyed his video camera as he filmed the violent police dispersal in the Erebuni district of Yerevan on July 29, 2016.  © 2016 Giorgi Gogia/Human Rights Watch
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