Dozens detained in protests against Armenia’s prime minister

Dozens detained in protests against Armenia’s prime minister
A woman wearing a state Armenian flag stands in front of a riot police line (Vahram Baghdasaryan/AP)

Police in the Armenian capital detained dozens of people during protests against the country’s prime minister, who is being pressured to resign over his handling of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan.

Opposition politicians and their supporters have been demanding for weeks that Nikol Pashinyan step down over the November 10 peace deal that saw Azerbaijan reclaim control over large parts of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas.

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