٠٠:٠٣:٥٣Law enforcement officers detained protesters demanding the resignation of incumbent Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on Thursday.
According to media reports, more than 40 protesters were taken to the police stations. Protesters were arrested after they began to block the central Tigran Mets Avenue.
Protest renewed after Pashinyan rejected to meet the call of opposition to abandon his post by December 8 12:00 local time (08:00 GMT).
On December 3, 17 Armenian opposition parties announced their decision to nominate former Prime Minister Vazgen Manukyan to replace Nikol Pashinyan as head of the government. According to media reports, Manukyan, if acting as prime minister, would hold snap parliamentary elections after a certain time, but would not participate in them himself.
Protests kicked off in Yerevan on November 10, after Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russian-brokered deal to end the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 9. According to the trilateral agreement, a number of Nagorno-Karabakh territories came under the control of Baku.
The sides also agreed to swap prisoners and to deploy Russian peacekeepers along the line of contact and in the Lachin corridor. The representatives of Armenian oppositional parties regarded the signing of this document as the country’s surrender.
Armenia: Police detain dozens after protesters block Yerevan streets
Law enforcement officers detained protesters demanding the resignation of incumbent Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on Thursday.
According to media reports, more than 40 protesters were taken to the police stations. Protesters were arrested after they began to block the central Tigran Mets Avenue.
Protest renewed after Pashinyan rejected to meet the call of opposition to abandon his post by December 8 12:00 local time (08:00 GMT).
On December 3, 17 Armenian opposition parties announced their decision to nominate former Prime Minister Vazgen Manukyan to replace Nikol Pashinyan as head of the government. According to media reports, Manukyan, if acting as prime minister, would hold snap parliamentary elections after a certain time, but would not participate in them himself.
Protests kicked off in Yerevan on November 10, after Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russian-brokered deal to end the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 9. According to the trilateral agreement, a number of Nagorno-Karabakh territories came under the control of Baku.
The sides also agreed to swap prisoners and to deploy Russian peacekeepers along the line of contact and in the Lachin corridor. The representatives of Armenian oppositional parties regarded the signing of this document as the country’s surrender.
Law enforcement officers detained protesters demanding the resignation of incumbent Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on Thursday.
According to media reports, more than 40 protesters were taken to the police stations. Protesters were arrested after they began to block the central Tigran Mets Avenue.
Protest renewed after Pashinyan rejected to meet the call of opposition to abandon his post by December 8 12:00 local time (08:00 GMT).
On December 3, 17 Armenian opposition parties announced their decision to nominate former Prime Minister Vazgen Manukyan to replace Nikol Pashinyan as head of the government. According to media reports, Manukyan, if acting as prime minister, would hold snap parliamentary elections after a certain time, but would not participate in them himself.
Protests kicked off in Yerevan on November 10, after Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russian-brokered deal to end the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 9. According to the trilateral agreement, a number of Nagorno-Karabakh territories came under the control of Baku.
The sides also agreed to swap prisoners and to deploy Russian peacekeepers along the line of contact and in the Lachin corridor. The representatives of Armenian oppositional parties regarded the signing of this document as the country’s surrender.