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Protests in Armenia as Azerbaijan takes control of breakaway region

Protesters in Armenia's capital demanded that authorities defend Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which was claimed by Azerbaijan on Wednesday.

By Associated Press, Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan and Photolure

Sept. 20, 2023

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VIDEO COURTESY AP
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PHOTOLURE VIA AP

Demonstrators clash with police at the Armenia government building to protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, Tuesday, Sept. 19.
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Demonstrators clash with police at the Armenia government building to protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Tuesday, Sept. 19, in Yerevan, Armenia.
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DEFENSE MINISTRY OF AZERBAIJAN VIA AP

In this photo taken from a drone video released by Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Sept. 20, men walk at an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces' positions in the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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DEFENSE MINISTRY OF AZERBAIJAN VIA AP

This image taken from video released by Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Sept. 20, shows a flash after an explosion over an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces' positions in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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DEFENSE MINISTRY OF AZERBAIJAN VIA AP

In this photo taken from video released by Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Sept. 20, smoke rises over an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces' positions in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Children are in a shelter during shelling in Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan Wednesday, Sept. 20. Azerbaijan's forces fired artillery at Armenian positions in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ethnic Armenian officials reported heavy shelling around the regional capital of Stepanakert.
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PHOTOLURE VIA AP

Police officers defend their injured comrade as they block an entrance of the government building during a protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Protesters gathered in central Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, blocking streets and demanding that authorities defend Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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PHOTOLURE VIA AP

Police officers block an entrance of the government building during a protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 20.
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A woman with a scarf in colors of Armenian national flag gestures in front of police line blocked an entrance of the government building during a protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 20.
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Police officers try to block an entrance of the government building during a protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 20.
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A demonstrator shows his two Russian passports, one of them for foreign trips, preparing to tear them up in protest of Russia's inaction in the Lachin Corridor in front of the Russian Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia, Wednesday, Sept. 20.

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