<p>Armenian police detained 137 protesters who were blocking streets in Yerevan as part of a series of anti-government protests, Russia's <em>TASS</em> news agency cited the Interior Ministry as saying on Monday.</p><p>Protesters calling for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation have been gathering weekly in the Armenian capital since April.</p><p>The demonstrations, which are headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, began in opposition to Pashinyan's plan to hand over four deserted villages to longtime rival Azerbaijan.</p><p>Though the villages have since been handed over, the protests have grown into a broader call for Pashinyan, who has presided over a series of defeats to Azerbaijan, to resign from office.</p>
<p>Armenian police detained 137 protesters who were blocking streets in Yerevan as part of a series of anti-government protests, Russia's <em>TASS</em> news agency cited the Interior Ministry as saying on Monday.</p><p>Protesters calling for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation have been gathering weekly in the Armenian capital since April.</p><p>The demonstrations, which are headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, began in opposition to Pashinyan's plan to hand over four deserted villages to longtime rival Azerbaijan.</p><p>Though the villages have since been handed over, the protests have grown into a broader call for Pashinyan, who has presided over a series of defeats to Azerbaijan, to resign from office.</p>