Electricity Price Hike Sparks Sit-In Protest in Yerevan

Protesters vowed to stay put until June 22 (Photo: Serouj Aprahamian)
BY SEROUJ APRAHAMIAN
From The Armenian Weekly
YEREVAN””Thousands of people gathered in Yerevan’s Liberty Square Friday evening to protest the government’s adoption of a 17 percent rise in electricity rates. What was initially slated as a march in the city center against the price hike turned into an unexpected mass sit-in.
Maxim Sargsyan, a member of the ”˜No to Plunder’ civic initiative, at the podium (Photo: Serouj Aprahamian)
Maxim Sargsyan, a member of the “No to Plunder”