A radical opposition group targeted by the Armenian authorities has called a halt to its campaign of anti-government rallies in Yerevan, admitting its failure so far to drum up popular support.
The Founding Parliament movement pressed ahead with the campaign last week despite the controversial arrest of its top leader, Zhirayr Sefilian, and four other senior figures. They were accused earlier this month of plotting to provoke "mass disturbances" on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey that was officially marked in Yerevan on Friday.
The Founding Parliament, which scheduled the start of its campaign for the genocide centennial, has strongly denied the charges and said that it is undaunted by the arrests and will continue fighting for President Serzh Sarkisian's ouster. Only a few hundred people turned out for its rally held in Yerevan's southern Erebuni district on Friday.
Armenian News
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