Armenian Security Forces Detain Protest Leader Pashinian

Armenian security forces in Yerevan dispersed a march of protesters led by Nikol Pashinian and detained several participants including Pashinian and opposition lawmaker Sasun Mikaelian on April 22. Pashinian led a crowd of several hundred supporters marching to the city's southern Erebuni district after talks between him and Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian failed.