HIMA's most recent action, on World Press Freedom Day

[translated from xahima.blogspot.com]
"Newspaper-Reading" Action on the Occasion of World Press Freedom Day
On May 3, World Press Freedom Day, the HIMA Youth Initiative undertook a public “Newspaper-Reading.” Exactly at 5pm, the youth of HIMA stood single file in front of the Parliament building and started to read the newspapers they had brought, mainly the “Chorrord Ishkhanutyun” newspaper, which is reportedly forbidden to read in Parliament. A photographer, surrounded by law enforcement agents, was photographing the recitations. It seemed that the photographer was interfering with the action, since he was constantly trying to get closer to the participants of the action and get close-ups of their faces with a large photo lens. The youth started to turn while they were reading, which caused further problems for the photographer, who retreated, contented with photographing the participants from a short distance.
After five minutes of recitations, the youth, all the while reading out loud, walked in line toward the statue of Aram Khatchaturyan. On their way they passed out “Chorrord Ishkhanutyun,” “Aravot,” “Haykakan Jamanak,” “Jamanak Yerevan,” and “Haik” newspapers to curious passersby. A patrol car followed the youth during their march.
Near the statue of Aram Khatchaturyan, after reading one more page, the HIMA-ers continued their march down Mashtots Avenue. As the group neared the streets which approach Freedom Square, the police immediately stood up and blocked the entrance to the Square. However, the HIMA-ers had an alternate path; they were headed toward the intersection of Amiryan-Mashtots streets, where the next stop had been planned. Passing out scores of newspapers along the way, they passed through the above-mentioned intersection and entered Republic Square, which had been planned as the next to last stop.
Then the participants of the march went to Northern Avenue, where the march concluded with a tasting of boiled tongue, symbolizing that HIMA is now committed to the difficult task of overcoming the obstacles in developing a free press.
P.S. During the procession, different people joined the HIMA-ers, young and old, but the total number did not pass the limit of 100, therefore there was no need to inform anyone of the action. No damage was done to the city’s traffic, since the intersections were crossed only during the green light.
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