2018 Armenian protests Protesters on 22 April, 2018 Date 12 April 2018 – ongoing (1 week and 5 days) Location Armenia: Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Abovyan, Sevan, Artashat, Armavir, Ashtarak, Vagharshapat, Kapan Armenian diaspora: Glendale, California ,[1] Moscow,[2] Marseille[3] Caused by Election of Serzh Sargsyan to the post of Prime Minister Goals Resignation of Serzh Sargsyan as PM and the government[4] Snap elections to the National Assembly[5] Methods Demonstrations, sit-ins, student protest, civil disobedience, online activism Status Ongoing Concessions given Serzh Sargsyan resigned as the Prime Minister Parties to the civil conflict Political opposition Civil Contract Supported by: Way Out Alliance[6] Free Democrats[7] Various groups Armenian government Armenian police (uniformed police) policemen in civilian clothes[8] organized crime and oligarchs[9][10] Political parties: Republican Party ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Lead figures Nikol Pashinyan MP (detained from 22 April to 23 April)[11] Serzh Sargsyan (ex-president, incumbent-Prime Minister) Number Tens of thousands in Yerevan[12] 5,000 in Glendale, California only[13] Injuries 40 (opposition estimate)[14] 6 policemen (opposition estimate)[14]