Mayor of Artsakh's Martakert arrested

Misha Gyurjyan, the exiled mayor of the Artsakh town of Martakert, was arrested in Yerevan on Friday night, human rights lawyer Ruben Melikyan reported.

Earlier on Thursday, Askeran Mayor Hayk Shamiryan was arrested after law enforcement officers searched his home. A court in Yerevan ordered a house arrest for him on Friday.