Opposition figures Babken Harutyunyan, Arsen Nikoghosyan detained during anti-Pashinyan protests
Police officers illegally detained members of the opposition Homeland Party Babken Harutyunyan and Arsen Nikoghosyan, who, among other activists, took part in protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the party said in a statement on Friday.
“The Homeland Party condemns the illegal actions aimed at silencing the opposition political forces, which are in line with the orders of Pashinyan, who has seized the post of prime minister. The Homeland Party will not give up. The resignation of the traitor has no alternative," the statement reads.