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Armenian police detain dozens calling for PM to step down

Police officers detain a participant of an anti-government demonstration in Yerevan, Armenia May 5, 2022. Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS

Armenian police on Thursday detained dozens of protesters calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who they say has made unacceptable concessions over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The landlocked South Caucasus country has seen detractors of Pashinyan take to the streets in recent days to block major roads in the capital Yerevan and call on the population to commit acts of civil disobedience.

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