2016 Yerevan hostage crisis
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On 17 July 2016, a group of armed men calling themselves the Daredevils of Sasun stormed a police station in Yerevan, Armenia and took nine hostages. They demanded the release of opposition leader Jir
Armed group leader Pavlik Manukyan (centre) and his men after seizing the police station in Yerevan.
Jirair Sefilian
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Jirair Simoni Sefilian is a Lebanese-born Armenian military commander and political activist. During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, he commanded the Shushi special military battalion, playing a signi
2016 Yerevan hostage crisis
…name is taken from an epic poem) stormed a police station in Yerevan, Armenia and took nine hostages. They demanded the release of opposition leader Jirair Sefilian and the resignation of President Serzh Sargsyan. The group began a standoff with government forces with growing crowds of protesters joining the calls…
Sefilian in 2020
Sefilian in Yerevan, 2009
A poster from the Sefilian-led anti-government organization
Jirair Sefilian, Petros Makeyan, Varuzan Avetisyan, Hmayak Hovhannisyan, and Garegin Chugasyan at a rally in Freedom Square (December 2015)