“The assailants provoked a fight before beating Hovhannes up; they openly told him that `you`ve chosen a wrong path and have to back down.`
“This demonstrative disregard of not only rule of law but also human morality proves that after rigging the Constitutional amendments referendum, the ruling regime has exhausted all its resources of fake democracy and is trying to maintain its existence by way of blunt violations of human rights and creating a pervasive atmosphere of terror,” oppositionists` statement read.
Recall, another New Armenia activist, Syuzi Gevoryan, was attacked in Yerevan`s Arabkir district late on January 5.
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