After the 2008 presidential election, rallies began in Yerevan’s Freedom Square to protest against alleged irregularities in the vote. The police intervened and broke up the protest in the middle of the night. The authorities subjected participants in the protest to a series of human rights violations. As of December 2019, the Armenian authorities have not submitted appropriate documentation to the Council of Europe in regard to their plans to safeguard the right to public protest in future.