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MPs from the Armenia Alliance who filed the lawsuit. Image from social media.
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Armenian opposition MPs sue government for not sharing peace treaty draft

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Four Armenian opposition MPs have filed a lawsuit against the government, accusing them of gatekeeping the draft of the peace treaty with Azerbaijan.  On Monday, Christine Vardanyan, an MP from the opposition Armenia Alliance faction, announced that she and three other members of the faction — Anna Grigoryan, Geghan Manukyan, and Artur Khachatryan — had filed the lawsuit. They demanded that a letter written by Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in March 2024 prohibiting the opposition from rev

Seyran Ohanyan. Image via the Armenian Parliament.
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Senior Armenian opposition MP stripped of immunity to face charges

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The Armenian Parliament has stripped Seyran Ohanyan, the parliamentary leader of Armenia’s largest opposition faction and a former minister of defence, of his parliamentary immunity. Members of the ruling party voted to strip the Armenia Alliance leader of his immunity on Wednesday, in a session boycotted by members of the opposition. Ohanyan, who served as minister of defence between 2008 and 2016, was charged two years ago with abuse of power and embezzlement of state funds and property wh

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