News - Armenian opposition MP Gegham Manukyan sustains injures during protest

Gegham Manukyan, an MP from the opposition faction Armenia of the National Assembly of Armenia has sustained injuries because of police brutality near the government building on Tuesday. "According to preliminary data, the nose was broken, there is also an injury in the region of eye. At the moment, he is receiving help in the hospital," Christine Vardanyan, an MP from the same faction, wrote on her Facebook page. Gegham Manukyan was taking part in a protest outside the government building, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for his handling of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. The protest was sparked after Azerbaijan՛s Armed Forces unleashed a military aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh, use artillery and other heavy weapons as of 1 p.m. on September 19. They attempted to penetrate into the depth of the defense line of the Defense Forces of Nagorno Karabakh.Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, have come under heavy shelling now. The Human Rights Defender of Nagorno-Karabakh, Gegham Stepanyan, reported that there are multiple casualties and injuries among civilians, including children.