Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been accused of waging a campaign against political dissent Armenian law enforcement has detained the mayor of the country’s second-largest city along with several municipal staff and dozens of locals, sparking protests. Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan and seven others now face corruption charges. The arrests come amid an ongoing political standoff in the country between the government and opposition. Ghukasyan, elected from the Communist Party of Armenia in