"Free David": Classmates of detained 18-year-old protest outside UN  Office in Yerevan

ArmInfo.Classmates and parents gathered in front of the United Nations headquarters in  Yerevan today, April 2, to demand the release of 18-year-old David Minasyan, the high school student detained following an incident involving Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

 They arrived at the UN office carrying signs  that  said "Freedom  for David" and "Freedom for our friend." One of the protesters told  reporters that not only current classmates, but also former  classmates came to support Minasyan. They handed over letters to the  UN office in Yerevan asking them to influence the Armenian  authorities, specifically to urge them to change the pretrial  detention measure against David Minasyan and transfer him to house  arrest.

"we are protesting to bring attention to what is happening to our  classmate today, and we hope this will lead to changes. The charges  brought against Minasyan have nothing to do with him," the student  noted.

The protesters stated that they will continue their protests, as they  understand the situation and  they are making. "By protesting in  front of the UN office in Yerevan, we want to draw the attention of  the international community to what is happening to young people and  schoolchildren today, and of course, we expect some action to be  taken and for the decision against Minasyan to be changed," added one  of the classmates.

It should be noted that during today's briefing, Armenian Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan declined to comment on the student's arrest,  citing his inability to interfere with the country's judicial  decisions.