Protesters Supported by: Non-political groups: Government of Armenia Non-political groups: Supported by: Nikol Pashinyan (Prime Minister) Vahagn Khachaturyan (President) Vahe Ghazaryan (Chief of Police) Alen Simonyan (President of the National Assembly)[35] Ararat Mirzoyan (Foreign Affairs Minister) Supported by: The 2024 Armenian protests, most commonly known in Armenia as Tavush for the Homeland (Armenian: Տավուշը հանուն Հայրենիքի, romanized: Tavushy hanun Hayrenik’i), were a series of street demonstrations taking place throughout Armenia due to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan leading an effort to demarcate the Armenia–Azerbaijan border, reaching an agreement with the Government of Azerbaijan which handed over four abandoned villages along the border to Azerbaijan: Bağanis Ayrum, Aşağı Əskipara, Xeyrimli, and Qızılhacılı.

[40] On 26 April 2024, protestors continued to block streets in Yerevan and main highways outside the city to oppose the territorial concessions depicted by Nikol Pashinyan's administration as the beginning of Armenia's border delineation with Azerbaijan.

[42] On 9 May, protests spread as Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan called on Prime Minister Pashinyan to resign within the hour, receiving no response from the government.

[46] On 11 May, Tigran Urikhanyan [hy], a former MP and current leader of the Alliance Party, was arrested in Russia at the request of the Armenian government for "calling for the violent overthrow of the constitutional structure in the country.

[36] That same day, Galstanyan stated that there would be no more rallies held at Republic Square but encouraged protestors to carry out acts of civil disobedience elsewhere in the city.

[46] On 16 May, a small crowd of protestors gathered outside the Yerevan Opera Theatre which was hosting an event between Pashinyan and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

[38] Artur Hovannisian, a Civil Contract lawmaker claimed that "the ongoing antigovernment protests are coordinated by the Armenian Apostolic Church and former Presidents Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan."

[8] On 7 May 2024, Ani Khachatryan, a member of the Hanrapetutyun Party emphasized the connection between the participants of the march, the leading clergyman, and Russia.

"[57] On 10 May 2024, Civil Contract secretary Artur Hovhannisyan stated, "A process is being generated to carry out a coup in Armenia in an undemocratic way.

[60] On 13 May 2024, Armenian foreign minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated, "By undermining the Alma-Ata declaration and the peace process based on it, these people [the protestors] continue, I can't say for sure whether consciously or unwittingly, they continue to undermine the sovereignty, statehood, and territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia.

[62] On 6 August 2024, Grigor Yeritsyan, head of the National Progress Party of Armenia faction of the Yerevan City Council stated, "We see the solution to the created political crisis with early elections.

"[76] On 22 September 2024, Galstanyan held a gathering at the Karen Demirchyan Complex where he announced that the Tavush for the Motherland movement will resume activities on 2 October 2024 with a rally in Republic Square.

[77] Richard Giragosian, the director of the Regional Studies Centre think tank, stated "After its initial launch in May, we saw a rapid decline in the number of people.

"[78] Benyamin Poghosyan, a senior research fellow at ARPI Armenia think tank, stated "The protests were blighted almost from the start by an apparent absence of effective political coordination.

Although a highly popular public figure, Galstanyan has no experience in office, while Armenia's political opposition have largely failed to recover their credibility since the 2018 revolution.