Thousands gathered Thursday in the rally staged by 70 organizations in a protest against tyranny.

“We will keep struggling until not a single political prisoner remains in Armenia. We demand to release all political prisoners from detention”, Armenian Helsinki Association Chair Avetik Ishkhanyan said speaking at today’s rally.

Initiators of the event said everybody has right to live and think freely in his homeland urged people to unite against tyranny.

The rally ended with a march to National Assembly building. Tremendous numbers of police officers lined pavement. Armenia’s Deputy Police Chief Hovhannes Varyan and Chief of Yerevan’s Kentron district Hovik Tamanyan were among them.

Hovhannes Varyan is a sinister figure having a reputation for being the key persecutor of people. Marchers pointed their fingers at him saying: “Look, this is that Varyan…”

By the end of the protest action, marchers left banners on the National Assembly compound fence. They also fastened colored balloons to the fence.

When the protest action was over, the law enforcement officers began to take the banners and balloons. They were confused by presence of cameramen on the scene.

After completing their important threat-neutralizing mission the policemen breathed freely again.