“Since April 25, 48 ... citizens have been detained, 24 of them have been arrested.
And now the courts are considering petitions for arrests, ”RIA Novosti quotes Saghatelyan.
According to him, in total, about 2.5 thousand members of the resistance movement were detained during the protests.
Earlier, the Investigative Committee of Armenia opened a criminal case after a clash between demonstrators and police during a protest.
The press service of the Armenian police reported the arrest of 111 protesters near the government building in Yerevan.
According to the Armenian Ministry of Health, 60 victims of clashes between demonstrators and police in Yerevan were taken to medical facilities.