01:58Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Yerevan on Thursday as hundreds joined a rally demanding the resignation of incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the formation of an interim government.
As protesters gathered in the Republic Square, they headed to the Prosecutor General's Office to demand criminal proceedings against the prime minister. Politicians, public figures, cultural figures, and artists took part in the rally.
For the first time in a long period, the rally was not organised by political parties, but by individuals.
Several clashes broke out between police officers and protesters who tried to break the cordon and enter the government building during the rally. According to media reports, more than 20 people were detained.
Protests in Yerevan broke out after Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russian-brokered deal to end the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 9. As per the trilateral agreement, a number of Nagorno-Karabakh districts came under the control of Baku. The unrest in Yerevan resumed after Pashinyan rejected the call by the opposition to step down by December 8, 2020.
Armenia: Protesters clash with police at rally against PM Pashinyan in Yerevan
Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Yerevan on Thursday as hundreds joined a rally demanding the resignation of incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the formation of an interim government.
As protesters gathered in the Republic Square, they headed to the Prosecutor General's Office to demand criminal proceedings against the prime minister. Politicians, public figures, cultural figures, and artists took part in the rally.
For the first time in a long period, the rally was not organised by political parties, but by individuals.
Several clashes broke out between police officers and protesters who tried to break the cordon and enter the government building during the rally. According to media reports, more than 20 people were detained.
Protests in Yerevan broke out after Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russian-brokered deal to end the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 9. As per the trilateral agreement, a number of Nagorno-Karabakh districts came under the control of Baku. The unrest in Yerevan resumed after Pashinyan rejected the call by the opposition to step down by December 8, 2020.
Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Yerevan on Thursday as hundreds joined a rally demanding the resignation of incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the formation of an interim government.
As protesters gathered in the Republic Square, they headed to the Prosecutor General's Office to demand criminal proceedings against the prime minister. Politicians, public figures, cultural figures, and artists took part in the rally.
For the first time in a long period, the rally was not organised by political parties, but by individuals.
Several clashes broke out between police officers and protesters who tried to break the cordon and enter the government building during the rally. According to media reports, more than 20 people were detained.
Protests in Yerevan broke out after Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russian-brokered deal to end the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 9. As per the trilateral agreement, a number of Nagorno-Karabakh districts came under the control of Baku. The unrest in Yerevan resumed after Pashinyan rejected the call by the opposition to step down by December 8, 2020.