Mary Davtyan, the chair of the NGO "Gadrut De-Occupation", and David Avanesyan, a Stepanakert resident, have gone on a hunger strike after the rally, where a resignation demand of Araik Arutyunyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh President, was put forward.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 21, a rally was held in Stepanakert demanding the resignation of Araik Arutyunyan from the post of the President of Nagorno-Karabakh. The protesters are unhappy with the fact that Arutyunyan supported Nikol Pashinyan and congratulated him on his victory at the early parliamentary elections.

In the evening after the end of the rally, Mary Davtyan, the chair of the NGO "Gadrut De-Occupation", and David Avanesyan, a Stepanakert resident, went on a hunger strike demanding the resignation of Araik Arutyunyan.

The protest action is in Renaissance Square in Stepanakert, next to a stand with photographs of those who perished and went missing during the last autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict.

"The hunger strike will go on at night, tomorrow, on the following days, and if necessary, until Arutyunyan resigns," Mary Davtyan told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 22, 2021 at 01:17 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.