A court in Yerevan has extended by three more months the arrest of Armen Ashotian, a prominent opposition politician facing what he calls politically motivated charges, ignoring an appeal for his release signed by other oppositionists.
A top political ally of former President Levon Ter-Petrosian joined on Monday a chorus of condemnation from Armenian opposition leaders of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s effective recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan.
Armenia’s political leadership has come under fresh fire after trying to dispel opposition concerns about its position on an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty sought by Azerbaijan.