In what they called an effort stave off "mass disturbances," Armenian law-enforcement authorities arrested on Tuesday four leaders of a hardline opposition group that plans to launch later this month nonstop rallies aimed at toppling President Serzh Sarkisian.
Officers of the National Security Service (NSS) and the Investigative Committee also raided the Yerevan headquarters of the group called the Founding Parliament early in the morning, confiscating its computers and campaigning material. The search was still going on there in the afternoon, with Founding Parliament activists unable to enter their offices.
The opposition movement's top leader, Zhirayr Sefilian, and three of his close associates had their homes searched at around the same time. They were taken into custody afterwards. An RFE/RL correspondent saw Sefilian's brother Toros also being taken away by NSS officers from the outspoken oppositionist's Yerevan apparent.
Armenian News
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