Soldiers died in the army in time of peace were today "marching" at Yerevan main streets. Mothers, who lost their sons and dozens of citizens, all dressed in black, were holding pictures of dead soldiers over their head and demanding from the RA state bodies justice and punishment for the guilty. 

No public officer responded to the mothers in black, participants of the "Black-Dress Army" protest, who marched today - September 8, from the Republic Square to the residence of the RA President, demanding to detect murders of their sons. Only at the President's residence, when most of the parents had already left, Deputy Minister of Defense, Major General Vladimir Gasparyan approached them and invited to the ministry to talk. 

After the noise raised by social networks this is already the second big event organized by the "Army in the Reality" group of the Facebook social network and other activists. They demand to detect murders in the army, punish the guilty and provide order in the army to prevent accidents. 

One of the activists of the movement - Lala Aslikyan, told  www.hra.am that they are going to join the protesting parents at the Government building every Thursday, and on September 14, at 10:30am a special round table will be organized at the Congress Hotel where lawyers and other concerned citizens will make their proposals of changes in the army.      

Karine Ionesyan
www.hra.am