which has seen another day of angry protests with thousands taking to the streets prime minister nicole pasha neon is refusing to resign despite the army demanding he step down he in turn is accusing the military of an attempted coup. alexander prokop penco has been following the protests. protests that show no sign of winding down several thousands of position protesters took to the streets of armenia's capital year if to call for the resignation of prime minister nicola passion yan down not only unhappy about his handling of last year's war without save by jan they are also bitter that he tried to dismiss the head of the army. army's doing the right thing now by not supporting him because he's prime minister has failed in every way he's not even human he's a traitor. we need in armenia without a traitor in the cold passion yan we want to build a new army now we safe borders in a future. after that i come here every day because the war is not over for me after the war the struggle against the internal enemy has began here and we will win i have no doubt. president our men sarkeesian whose ro

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demand that the pm quit thousands took to the streets for a 3rd day calling for the resignation of nicole pasha they're angry at his handling of last year's war with azerbaijan which many view as a humiliating defeat for their protests have been on and off since the war ended in november a new demonstrations erupted on thursday defied a call by the military to resign and accused the army of a coup attempt here's how the situations unfolded. through me this is the only. of months of armenia no longer able to make adequate decisions in this fateful and critical situation for the armenian people given the current situation the own forces of armenia demand the resignation of the prime minister and the government. you. might want to also officers generals do your job god borders and the territorial integrity of armenia this is my order and no one can disobey today whether holding this rally and will finish all actions will sit down at the negotiating table with the opposition for consultations on elections both cowher are. all ready for consistency and both of them. i'm a show and just can't ask peo

them were members of the opposition parties and they didn't mince their words when talking about nicole pasha and his policy. issue and i mean you know some of the moans haven't changed we call in the prime minister to step down we will make him quits but only through public press show through the constitution will seeking decision by force the general stuff simply called him passion and to create it he decided to branded an attempt at millet's recruit that was the last straw was what it was today we had to get to. fight to the end this enemy must leave the country to restore and everything that you see here it came after a turbulent chain of events in the country's capital yesterday the protests were sparked by or mean is top military command called on the prime minister to step down claiming and i quote that he is an effective management has led the country to the brink of death on immediately fired back accusing those who demanded his resignation of an attempted coup and called to his supporters to take to the streets you know the opposition that backed the military commanders stage its ow

the country's top general even though the prime minister has publicly called for his dismissal nicol pasha accuses the military of attempting to use face growing calls to step down since november robin for a stay walker reports now from europe. the pressure is growing on prime minister nicole pressure with the president on saturday refusing to sign his letter dismissing the head of the armed forces saying it was unconstitutional for the opposition it's a sign things are going their way and a good one would you hand a letter salute the decision of the president our people are standing with the army that the army is standing with the people and now the president of the republic stands with the army. the opposition accuses nicole of treachery over his handling of the war over to go to cairo by. the peace deal he signed in november ceded huge territory to azerbaijan at the cost of over $3.00 and a half 1000 armenian lives and the war isn't the only reason why many armenians have lost faith in nicole pushing the promises he made when he came to power 3 years ago remain unfulfilled that was easy

armenia's political crisis is deepening the prime minister nicole pasha and has fired his military chief after senior army officials called for his resignation he says that call amounts to an attempted coup thousands of rallied both for and against passion on in the capital and now opponents of set up camp outside parliament saying they won't leave until the prime minister steps down his burnet smith in the center of yerevan on thursday armenia's prime minister was defiant in the face of calls from the military for him to stand down. some people want to drag the army into unconstitutional processes this is an attempted coup but the people will not allow a military coup in armenia. an estimated 20000 people came out onto the streets of the capital after nicol pushing in called for a show of support but not that beat the. context part in political processes it must obey the people and the elected authorities machine ian has been under pressure to resign after his country lost last year's war with azerbaijan over the region of nagorno-karabakh i'm not as much of a supporter of nico pasha no

driving with photos of the prime minister smeared in fake blood stuck on their vehicles opponents of nicole pasha and i've also filmed standing on the balconies giving the thumbs down sign of the opposition blocked streets and paralyze traffic that are chanting that they want to the prime minister out protesters have also set up a makeshift camp next to the parliament building in your fun and a reportedly being encouraged by opposition leaders to stay there until and please vote for the resignation of the prime minister meanwhile nearby that will rallies in support of the prime minister earlier the day she took to facebook to tell supporters that he need to the prime minister and his son that met the crowds to assure that the situation was manageable and that he's ready to discuss any problems in the country. at the same time he also insisted that the army chief he dismissed remains quote his brother but he is demanding that the country's military a big after he sacks the head of the armed forces saying he was part of an attempt . to also officers generals do your job guard borders and the territ

thousands of armenians have rallied in support of the prime minister nicole pasha he fired his military chief after senior army officials called for him to resign he says that amounts to an attempted coup his opponents also held a rival demonstration and they've also set up a camp outside the main parliament building. amnesty international says a massacre of civilians during last year's conflict in ethiopia's to grey region could amount to crimes against humanity report from the human rights group says soldiers from eritrea systematically killed hundreds of people in the city of axel in november you theo p. and government says its human rights commission is investigating crimes during the conflict those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream have another 30 minutes of bang up to date al jazeera will use in 30 minutes . talking to our own trees there on wheels tell us are in a case where us compensated civilians we listen to the only music you hear your own the most beautiful music in the world and silence we meet with global news makers and talk about