Sit-down strike in Armenia

A sit-down strike organized by Armenian intellectuals started today on Freedom Square in Yerevan, NEWS.am reports. Heritage Party MP Larisa Alaverdyan, anthropologist Hranush Kharatyan and scientist Anahit Tonoyan organized the event.
“We will continue the protest action staged by Raffi Hovannisian,” spokesperson for the Heritage Party Karine Hakobyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The leader of the Heritage Party, Raffi Hovannisian, went on a 15-day hunger strike in March.