2024 Armenian protests

2024 Armenian protests
Part of the Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
Protests in Yerevan on 12 May
Date	23 April 2024 – 23 June 2024
Location	Armenia: Yerevan, Tavush Province Armenian diaspora: Almelo,[1] Beirut,[2] Boston,[3] Brussels,[1] Bucharest,[1] Copenhagen,[1] London,[1] Los Angeles,[4] New York City,[5] Nicosia,[1] Paris,[1] Sofia,[1] Stockholm,[1] Thessaloniki,[1] Toronto,[6] Washington, D.C.[7]
Goals	Resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Intervention in the village handover
Methods	Demonstrations, civil unrest, street blockades, civil disobedience
Resulted in	Failed attempt by opposition to seek resignation of Nikol Pashinyan
Parties
Protesters Armenian Apostolic Church Armenia Alliance Armenian Revolutionary Federation[8] I Have Honor Alliance[9] Republican Party of Armenia[9] Mother Armenia Alliance[citation needed] National Democratic Pole[10] Bright Armenia[11] Public Voice Party[citation needed] Alliance Party[12] Democratic Consolidation Party[13] Heritage[14] Prosperous Armenia[15] Shant Alliance Nationalist Party[16][17] Union for National Self-Determination[18] Supported by: Russia (Alleged) Non-political groups: Armenian National Committee of America[19] Armenian Relief Society[20] Armenian Youth Federation[21] European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy[22] Christian Solidarity International[23] Government of Armenia Civil Contract[8] United Labour Party[citation needed] United Platform of Democratic Forces European Party of Armenia[24] For the Republic[24] Hanrapetutyun Party[24] Christian Democratic Party[24] Armenian police[25] National Security Service[26]
Lead figures
Bagrat Galstanyan[27] Supported by: Karekin II[28] Tigran Urikhanyan [hy][12] Robert Kocharyan Serzh Sargsyan Suren Petrosyan Seyran Ohanyan[29] Edmon Marukyan[11] Raffi Hovannisian[14] Gagik Tsarukyan[15] Shant Harutyunyan[30] Paruyr Hayrikyan[18] Jirair Sefilian[31] Nikol Pashinyan (Prime Minister) Vahagn Khachaturyan (President) Vahe Ghazaryan (Chief of Police) Alen Simonyan (President of the National Assembly)[32] Ararat Mirzoyan (Foreign Affairs Minister) Supported by: Aram Sargsyan Tigran Khzmalyan Arman Babajanyan Levon Shirinyan
Casualties
Detained	Tigran Urikhanyan[12] ~ 48 protesters (May 10)[25] 171 protesters (May 13)[33] 63 protesters (May 14)[34] 98 protesters (June 12)[35]

The 2024 Armenian protests, most commonly known in Armenia as Tavush for the Homeland (Armenian: Տավուշը հանուն Հայրենիքի, romanized: Tavushy hanun Hayrenik’i), are a series of street demonstrations taking place throughout Armenia due to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan leading an effort to demarcate the Armenia–Azerbaijan border, reaching an agreement with the Government of Azerbaijan which handed over four abandoned villages along the border to Azerbaijan: Bağanis Ayrum, Aşağı Əskipara, Xeyrimli, and Qızılhacılı.^[36]