The head of Tem village in Tavush, Archbishop Srbazan Bagrat, led a protest in front of a radio tower that had locked and chained doors. Archbishop Srbazan greeted the protesters, handed them the keys to the doors, and sat beneath the chains. With determination, he declared, “I will stay here, rest my tired feet, and then move on. I refuse to enter this building. Is it even a radio station? We will continue our journey, as we have no work here.”

It is worth mentioning that demonstrations against the blockade began in Armenia early in the morning. Roads such as Yerevan-Ashtarak and Yerevan-Armavir have been closed off. Archbishop Bagrat, the leader of the movement, has additionally closed Avoyan-Sayat-Nova streets, which are among the busiest. Other speakers have blocked off Azatutyun, Mashtots, Tigran the Great, Koryuni, Moskovyan, Terian, and Old Yerevan streets.

The protesters include Constitutional Court judges Artur Sargsyan, Ashot Simonyan, and Igor Khachaturov, as well as singers Arsen Grigoryan and Davit Amalyan, and doctor Georg Tamamyan. Currently, there are 226 protesters gathered.