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RFE/RL: ‘Take A Break,’ Armenia’s Pashinian Tells Protesters

Published May 23, 2018 at 4:47 pm

A photo taken on April 17, 2018 shows opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan speaking during an opposition rally in central Yerevan while parliament elected the country's ex-president as prime minister under a new parliamentary system of government. Before these protests, Pashinian was most closely associated with the tragic events of 2008, when 10 people died in clashes between police and supporters of Sarkisian's beaten opponent in a presidential election.

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New Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, brought to power by mass demonstrations, has called on Armenians who have been holding strikes and civil-disobedience protests in recent days to interrupt their protests.

Dozens of demonstrators rallied in Yerevan on May 17, demanding the resignation of Prosecutor-General Artur Davtian after a Yerevan court rejected the release of 10 members of the Sasna Tsrer group from pretrial detention.