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Court begins hearing of Rainsy, activists on incitement charges
Tue, 29 December 2020
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court began hearing the case of Sam Rainsy, former president of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), and 21 alleged accomplices on charges of treason, incitement to cause social chaos and incitement of the military to engage in rebellion.
The hearing was held on December 29 under tight security conditions both inside the courtroom and outside the municipal court building.
Thirteen of the 22 defendants attended the hearing, while nine others remained at large after fleeing Cambodia to take up residence in various countries abroad.
VIEW GALLERY: Police use violence against opposition protesters
Armenia’s police on Thursday brutally beat, shoved and dragged opposition protesters, who were gathered at Armenia’s government building as they continued to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, blaming him for signing the November 9 agreement that ended the war, but stipulated the surrender of territories in Artsakh and Armenia to Azerbaijan.
Police officers barricaded and formed a human shield in front of the Armenian government building in Yerevan where protesters gathered as the government was in session.
Ministers apparently had entered the building from other entrances, because the protesters kept the main door to the building was closed for more than five hours.
VIEW GALLERY: Thousands turn out for opposition National Salvation Movements protest on Dec. 22
Protesters of 16 opposition parties demand RA PM Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation during a protest action on Republic Square of Yerevan, Armenia
YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am) Thousands of people poured into Yerevan’s main square on Tuesday as the Armenian opposition tried to intensify its campaign for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation.
Leaders of a coalition of more than a dozen opposition parties said they will hold daily demonstrations until Pashinian agrees to hand over power to an interim government tasked with holding snap parliamentary elections within a year.
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Opposition Forces, Relatives of Fallen Soldiers and Veterans Clash with Police
National Salvation Movement Holds Rally and March to Requiem Mass
After living through 45 days of war and 40 days after the end of the military hostilities in Karabakh, the people of Armenia on Saturday mourned the estimated 3,000 soldiers who perished during the Artsakh War and remembered those missing in action and who are still being held captive by marching to the Yerablur National Military Cemetery to honor their memory.
The procession to Yerablur kicked off a three-day mourning period that coincides with the traditional remembrance 40 days after a death.
Thousands took part in a procession of torches to Yerablur on Friday evening, in an solemn event spearheaded by the National Salvation Movement, which has been leading demonstrations in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who signed the November 9 agreement, along with the leaders of Russia and Azerbaijan, which e