A grief-stricken woman accused of attempting to “kidnap” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s son was moved to house arrest and again taken into custody a few hours later as she went on trial on Monday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian sought to justify on Monday the arrest of a grief-stricken woman accused of attempting to “kidnap” his son which has sparked street protests and widespread condemnation in Armenia.
The mother of an Armenian soldier killed during the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh has been detained on suspicion of threatening and attempting to “kidnap” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s son.
Several dozen parents of Armenian soldiers killed during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war partly blocked a street in Yerevan for the second consecutive day on Friday to protest against authorities’ failure to prosecute police officers who used force against them.