Armenia Jails Senior Cleric Pending Trial on Coup Plot Charges

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Armenia politics arrest Bagrat Galstanyan Nikol Pashinyan

An Armenian court on Thursday sent an influential cleric into a two-month pre-trial detention on coup attempt charges, a day after authorities claimed to foil a plot to overthrow the government. Authorities on Wednesday arrested Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, a charismatic senior church figure opposing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, along with ...