The 2020 Armenian protests began following the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement on 10 November 2020. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Facebook that he signed an agreement to cede Armenian held territories in Azerbaijan. Thousands of people took to the streets, and hundreds stormed the Parliament building in the capital Yerevan.
About 2020 Armenian protests in brief
The 2020 Armenian protests began following the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement on 10 November 2020. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Facebook that he signed an agreement to cede Armenian held territories in Azerbaijan. Thousands of people took to the streets, and hundreds stormed the Parliament building in the capital Yerevan. In early December, martial law, which was declared by the government in September and banned protests, was lifted. The Armenian opposition announced the creation of the National Salvation Committee in response to the arrest of six people on suspicion of organizing mass riots, and calling to seize power and to overthrow the constitutional order. The protestors also demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister of Armenia. The protests concluded at late night, and police broke up a rally organized by 17 opposition parties.
The police, having pulled up additional forces to the area, broke up the rally and arrested its participants, as well as the police units, as the military units intervened, detaining dozens of activists. The protesters also ransacked the Open Society Foundation office in downtown Yerevans. A group of approximately 40 people attempted to break into the office of Azatutyun, the Armenian service of Radio Free EuropeRadio Liberty. The attackers also kicked and punched the office door, unsuccessfully trying to break in and take the server. The demonstrators entered the room of her younger sisters and demanded that its journalists leave the country. The Prime Minister’s daughter Mariam Poshinyan said on her Facebook page that the demonstrators entered her younger sister’s room.
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