Sharjah24 – AFP: Police in Armenia arrested hundreds of protesters on Wednesday as opposition supporters sought to spread their month-long anti-government demonstrations throughout Yerevan.
Police detained nearly 300 opposition supporters who attempted to block dozens of streets in the capital, an journalist witnessed.
Yerevan has been gripped by anti-government protests since mid-April, with opposition parties demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation over his handling of a territorial dispute with Azerbaijan.
Opposition parties have failed to gain momentum to unseat Pashinyan, while his government has struggled to rein in the wave of protests.
Protesters also paralysed traffic in Yerevan's subway, a spokesman for the Yerevan Metro said on Facebook.
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