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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Avet Demourian

Armenian lawmakers brawl as the government cracks down on its political opponents

EU--Turkey-Armenia - (Turkish Presidency)

A brawl broke out Tuesday in Armenia's National Assembly involving an opposition lawmaker who later was stripped of his parliamentary immunity and faces prosecution for calling for ousting President Nikol Pashinyan as political tensions flared in the South Caucasus country.

Artur Sargsyan, who represents the opposition bloc Armenia, had finished a speech in which he said the case against him had been decided ahead of time and tried to leave the chamber. Other lawmakers then moved to stop him, and security guards flooded in, according to video from news outlets.

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