Armenia, 2023 — dissident coup conspiracy
Event Summary
This entry is coded 25 September 2023, corresponding to the September 2023 alleged coup attempt against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia. On 24 September 2023 the Armenian government announced that it had foiled an attempted coup by a militia during mass protests triggered by Azerbaijan's 19 September 2023 offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, which forced the ethnic Armenian authorities of Artsakh to surrender. The Khachakirner militia, which had fought in Nagorno-Karabakh, had demanded arms and support from the Armenian government to open the Lachin corridor, threatening to take matters into their own hands, and 14 of its members were arrested after clashing with police.
The protests, which accused Pashinyan of abandoning Artsakh and demanded his resignation, saw crowds try to storm the Government House in Yerevan. Pashinyan characterized the calls for his removal as an attempted coup, saying the country must not allow certain forces to strike a blow at the Armenian state. The 25 September 2023 coding matches this announcement and protest period.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
37109252023
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Pashinyan said the coup was foiled and remained in office.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
Turkiye
Azutut News
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