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Vazgen Manukyan. Photo: Ani Avetisyan/OC Media.

Armenian opposition leader faces criminal charges

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Armenian opposition leader Vazgen Manukyan has been charged with ‘calling for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order’. Manukyan has decried the charges as ‘political persecution’. ‘I am not going to testify’, Vazgen Manukyan said on Thursday, before going in for questioning by Armenia’s Investigative Committee. He has since been released on the promise that he would not leave the country. Before the questioning began, Manukyan told journalists he does not regret anything that h

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Armenian opposition announces ‘non-stop’ protests

by Ani Avetisyan

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Opposition leaders have announced what they say will be ‘non-stop’ civil disobedience actions. The morning following a large march on Monday, 25 people were detained after trying to prevent Nikol Pashinyan from entering the government building. The protests are being spearheaded by the Homeland Salvation Movement, a coalition of 16 opposition parties, including the former ruling Republican Party and Prosperous Armenia, the largest opposition party in parliament. The coalition had previously

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New platform created for Armenia’s extra-parliamentary opposition

by OC Media

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The former head of Armenia’s advisory Public Council, Vazgen Manukyan, has announced the creation of the Vernatun Club, a new political organisation, in a meeting on 15 November attended mostly by opposition figures linked to the former ruling Republican Party. Manukyan, who served as the Prime Minister of Armenia between 1990 and 1991, said that the group would initially launch with representatives of different political parties from the pre-Velvet Revolution government, but would be open