Hayakve claims provocation by police 

ArmInfo.On June 28, the civil initiative "Hayakve" submitted a report of the crime to the  Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia.

"This message relates to the events of June 12, in particular, to the  numerous violations of the law committed by the police. More than 2  weeks have passed since those tragic events, criminal cases have been  opened, many victims have written statements about the crime," Avetik  Chalabyan, co-founder of the Hayakve initiative, told reporters  outside the Prosecutor General's Office building.

According to him, the main goal of "Ayakwe's" actions is that on June  12, from their point of view, there were not isolated cases of the  use of special means or violence against demonstrators, but there was  a deliberate provocation on the part of the police leadership in  order to disrupt a peaceful meeting and turn it into riots and  suppress it.

There is several evidence of this, as the public figure pointed out.  Initially, police troops were present in the vicinity of the peaceful  protest. And according to the law, they shouldn't have been there.  They can only be involved in the event of mass unrest and then if  other law enforcement agencies are unable to resolve the issue, he  noted. Secondly, during the meeting, provocations began from the  police. "The police threw various objects, bottles to provoke,"  Chalabyan noted. Thirdly, different police units separated groups of  demonstrators and beat them severely.

And most importantly, the use of special forces, despite the fact  that there was no threat from the demonstrators.

Based on this, "Hayakve" demands that the Prosecutor General's Office  initiate a criminal case under Articles 236, 441 and 450 of the  Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia.

On the evening of June 12, near the building of the Armenian  Parliament, clashes occurred between participants of the Tavush for  the Motherland movement and RA police officers, as a result of which  stun grenades were used. Among the victims are 101 people, including  18 police officers. The RA Investigative Committee opened a criminal  case on this fact under the article on organizing mass riots.