Police officers push media representative to the ground at opposition protest in Yerevan

Police officers pushed Sputnik Armenia photographer Aram Nersesyan to the ground while detaining opposition activists during a protest organized by the opposition Homeland Salvation Movement in Yerevan on Tuesday morning.

As reported earlier, police used brute force on the activists at the protest against PM Nikol Pashinyan outside the third government building, with reporters covering the civil disobedience act also being affected in the process.

Photos released by reporter Aksanna Hayrapetyan show photographer Aram Nersesyan lying on the ground. Fortunately, he suffered no injuries.