Goris Mayor Arush Arushanyan taken to Special Investigation Committee - lawyer
The mayor of Armenia's southern Goris town Anush Arushanyan has been taken to the Special Investigation Committee, his lawyer Erik Aleksanyan told Panorama.am. In the words of Aleksanyan, the circumstances and grounds for detention are not clear as he was heading to the Committee to meet the Mayor.
Earlier, Arushanyan's deputy, Irina Yolyan, wrote on Facebook that Goris mayor has been detained illegally.
Pastinfo news agency earlier reported that Arushanyan's detention came as part of Pashinyan's crackdown on heads of local communities who had actively supported the opposition during the pre-election period.