Almost 300 people, including three leaders of the opposition, have been detained in the Armenian capital Yerevan yesterday.
"290 people were delivered to police stations since morning,Э a police spokesman said, adding that 228 of them had later been released. Those who remain in custody "have either acts on administrative violations drawn up against them or their files have been sent for verification of possible involvement in criminal activity,” TASS reported.
Protests broke out as demonstrators again attempted to block traffic in the capital, with security forces reportedly using special tactics, including stun grenades, against the crowd. Protests have been constant in Armenia since the ruling Republican Party of Armenia nominated their leader and former president, Serzh Sargsyan for the position of Prime Minister in mid-April.
Earlier on Sunday, talks between Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan and Sargsyan ended in failure. The politicians refused to shake hands as they met in one of Yerevan’s hotels, with the protest leader not even taking his baseball cap off during a swift conversation with the head of the government.
