Dozens injured in Armenia anti-government protest
- Dozens of demonstrators were injured in Yerevan after police used stun grenades at an anti-government rally outside parliament.
- Protesters gathered to oppose Armenia's land concessions to Azerbaijan while PM Pashinyan was questioned inside parliament.
- Police intervened when protesters tried to breach a police cordon.
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Dozens injured in Armenia anti-government protest
YEREVAN, June 13 — Dozens of demonstrators were injured in the Armenian capital Yerevan yesterday, after police fired stun grenades at an anti-government rally outside parliament, an AFP photographer witnessed. Several thousand people rallied outside parliament to protest Armenia’s land concessions to arch foe Azerbaijan, as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was answering questions from lawmakers inside. Protests have gripped Yerevan since April, a…
Plusieurs dizaines de personnes ont été blessées lors d’une manifestation antigouvernementale devant le Parlement arménien. La contestation vise la politique du Premier ministre Nikol Pachinian vis-à-vis de l’Azerbaïdjan
Police In Armenia Use Stun Grenades On Anti-Government Protesters
Police in Armenia used stun grenades against demonstrators outside the parliament in Yerevan. The protesters, led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, rallied in the Armenian capital on June 12 to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. An Interior Ministry spokesman told RFE/RL that 70 people had been detained as of 8 p.m. local time and that both protesters and police were injured in scuffles in central Yerevan.
On Tuesday, during a protest in Yerevan, Armenia, ten demonstrators were arrested and police fired grenades at an unsanctioned rally outside the parliament building.
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