The protests at Mashdots Park concluded yesterday after eighty (that’s 80) police officers confronted a small group of demonstrators making them understand that their time’s up. Supposedly three companies/entities/interest groups or whatever you want to call them pledged that they promise to take care of the park during their»three-year lease — the government/city hall insists [...]


The protests at Mashdots Park concluded yesterday after eighty (that’s 80) police officers confronted a small group of demonstrators making them understand that their time’s up. Supposedly three companies/entities/interest groups or whatever you want to call them pledged that they promise to take care of the park during their»three-year lease — the government/city hall insists that the kiosks will only remain on the park for that long. Look forward to some quality clothes shopping (the latest styles from eastern Turkey) after you have a coffee at one of the cafes facing the street. Great town, this Yerevan. The whole city center is slowly transforming into a disorganized, cheap bazaar. And no one with any sense of decency from either the government or the opposition bothered to support the teenagers and twentysomethings who decided that enough was enough. This absurd placement of kiosks could have been overturned if the authorities were put under harder pressure.

You can read more about the protests here and here.

Below and above are photos from Thursday.





















Photos by Anushik


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