03:35Police detained several opposition politicians and activists during the so-called "March of dignity" protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on Friday.
It happened after protesters reportedly attempted to block the central Mashtots Avenue.
According to the local media, two activists were injured during the protest. One of them, a prominent producer Armen Grigoryan, was taken to hospital due to heart problems.
"As we can see, Nikol Pashinyan, unfortunately, has chosen the worst path for himself. He will leave, but he wants to provoke civil clashes among our citizens. The opposition, our party, and I, as the General Secretary of Prosperous Armenia Party, am saying: 'Nikol, you will not get blood. You will leave'," said Naira Zohrabyan, the Prosperous Armenia party Secretary-General.
Protests in Yerevan broke out 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 districts came under the control of Baku.
The unrest resumed after Prime Minister Pashinyan rejected the call by the opposition to step down by December 8.
Armenia: Police detain protesters during 'March of dignity' against PM Pashinyan
Police detained several opposition politicians and activists during the so-called "March of dignity" protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on Friday.
It happened after protesters reportedly attempted to block the central Mashtots Avenue.
According to the local media, two activists were injured during the protest. One of them, a prominent producer Armen Grigoryan, was taken to hospital due to heart problems.
"As we can see, Nikol Pashinyan, unfortunately, has chosen the worst path for himself. He will leave, but he wants to provoke civil clashes among our citizens. The opposition, our party, and I, as the General Secretary of Prosperous Armenia Party, am saying: 'Nikol, you will not get blood. You will leave'," said Naira Zohrabyan, the Prosperous Armenia party Secretary-General.
Protests in Yerevan broke out 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 districts came under the control of Baku.
The unrest resumed after Prime Minister Pashinyan rejected the call by the opposition to step down by December 8.
Police detained several opposition politicians and activists during the so-called "March of dignity" protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on Friday.
It happened after protesters reportedly attempted to block the central Mashtots Avenue.
According to the local media, two activists were injured during the protest. One of them, a prominent producer Armen Grigoryan, was taken to hospital due to heart problems.
"As we can see, Nikol Pashinyan, unfortunately, has chosen the worst path for himself. He will leave, but he wants to provoke civil clashes among our citizens. The opposition, our party, and I, as the General Secretary of Prosperous Armenia Party, am saying: 'Nikol, you will not get blood. You will leave'," said Naira Zohrabyan, the Prosperous Armenia party Secretary-General.
Protests in Yerevan broke out 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 districts came under the control of Baku.
The unrest resumed after Prime Minister Pashinyan rejected the call by the opposition to step down by December 8.