In Yerevan, a procession began to the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was organized by the leader of the “Tavush in the name of the Motherland” movement Bagrat Galstanyan. He demanded an explanation from the head of the police about yesterday’s incident with representatives of the Armenian clergy.

On May 28, 1918, the Azerbaijan People's Republic (APR) was created - the first secular democratic state in the Muslim East. On this day, at a meeting of the National Council of Azerbaijan, the Declaration of Independence was adopted, establishing equal rights for all citizens.

Over 100 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army since October 7, 2023, during a military operation in the Gaza Strip. The international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed its third case with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate crimes by Israeli troops against Palestinian and other journalists.

Residents of Ingushetia and Chechnya who were deported or born in exile turned to the parliaments of their republics and other regions, whose natives suffered most from Stalin’s repressions in 1944 and subsequent years: Karachay-Cherkessia, Chechnya, Crimea and Kalmykia.

The Legal Committee of the Georgian Parliament approved overcoming the president's veto on the bill on foreign agents. Tomorrow the issue will be discussed at a plenary meeting of the country's parliament.

Today, the police detained over 230 participants in the disobedience protest in Yerevan. They are supporters of the “Tavush for the Motherland” movement. Protesters blocked dozens of streets in the central area of the capital.

In Armenia, actions of disobedience by the opposition movement “Tavush in the name of the Motherland” continued. The participants blocked several highways between Yerevan and other cities, and several streets were blocked in the center of the capital. Police detained more than 70 protesters.

232 people were evacuated from the flood zone in northern Armenia. It is reported that 28 people were taken from the Tufenkian hotel complex in Lori. 110 people were evacuated from the area near the Sanahin railway station, 62 from the city of Tashir, 22 from Alaverdi, 7 from Ayrum, 2 from Dilijan, 1 from the village of Haghartsin.

Today Georgia celebrates Independence Day. A protest rally will be held in Tbilisi under the slogan “Always and everywhere, Georgia, I am with you” against the law on foreign agents. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said at the solemn celebration ceremony that today no one will force the Georgian people to live in the shackles of a foreign country and foreign dogmas.

Staff, teachers and professors of Georgian universities hold a protest march against the law on foreign agents. According to the organizers, the country's government has repeatedly tried to suppress civil protests.