Panorama, Armenia
Jan 11 2021
Arsen Babayan from the opposition Homeland Party was released after being detained by police on Monday morning on his way to join other opposition activists in an attempt to prevent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s trip to Moscow for a meeting with the Russian and Azerbaijani leaders.
"I was told at the police station that I was suspected of carrying out an act of arrogation under the Criminal Code. I couldn't have imagined a more ridiculous accusation," he wrote on Facebook.
“As soon as they were told at the police that the scoundrel traitor [referring to Nikol Pashinyan] had passed through dignified citizens and fled the country through the efforts of police and the National Security Service troops, they set me free,” Babayan said, decrying his detention.