More than 60 protesters detained in Yerevan
Region
- 18 April, 2018
- 09:25
Baku. 18 April. REPORT.AZ/ Today 68 protest participants were brought to different departments of Yerevan police, Report informs citing the Armenian media.
Notably, today, several hundreds of people started a march in the center of Yerevan under the leadership of the Head of "Way Out" faction of National Assembly of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan who opposes the appointment of ex-President Serzh Sargsyan as the head of the government.
Earlier, the Armenian parliament elected Sargsyan as the head of the government by a majority vote. President of Armenia Armen Sargsyan signed a decree on appointment. In his turn N. Pashinyan stated that the protest actions will be continued.
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