Gagik Ghazinian has worked at Yerevan State University (YSU) since 1983. The university administration notified him recently that his employment contract will not be renewed in September. He described it as government retribution for his political activities which he said was ordered by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. Melikian, who taught law at YSU for the last 23 years, also pledged to take the university administration to court. Soghoyan was notified by the policlinic director that her position has been abolished as part of what the Yerevan municipality described as cost-cutting layoffs.