News - Police detain protesters outside government building

The situation in front of the government building in Yerevan is still tense. After a scuffle between the police and the protesters, the police began to detain the participants of the protest. Citizens have gathered near the government building, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his handling of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh where Azerbaijan started large-scale military operation on Tuesday. A large number of police forces are gathered in the area. Police officers armed with shields have formed a wall in front of the entrance of the government building. Azerbaijan՛s Armed Forces unleashed a military aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh, use artillery and other heavy weapons as of 1 p.m. on September 19. They attempted to penetrate into the depth of the defense line of the Defense Forces of Nagorno-Karabakh. Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, have come under heavy shelling now. The Human Rights Defender of Nagorno-Karabakh, Gegham Stepanyan, reported that there are multiple casualties and injuries among civilians, including children.