Activist Mikayel Margaryan was detained on March 28, 2026, in Yerevan, Armenia, in connection with an incident involving National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan. Margaryan faces public criminal prosecution under Article 297, Part 2, Clause 3 of the Criminal Code for hooliganism using information or communication technologies. His son reported the arrest, describing a forceful detention by approximately 15 to 20 officers. Margaryan, along with Arsen Vardanyan, had previously been detained on March 26 following an argument between Simonyan and a citizen on Demirchyan Street, but were later released. The incident on March 26 involved insults exchanged during a livestream, with authorities citing Margaryan's alleged hooligan actions near the scene.