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    Armenian journalist "brutally" beaten up during rally dispersal

    Mediamax news agency
    13 Apr 04

    YEREVAN

    Gayk Gevorkyan, correspondent of Haykakan Zhamanak Armenian Times
    newspaper, was brutally beaten up by police during the dispersal of an
    opposition rally last night.

    Arminfo news agency has learnt from the editorial office of the paper
    that Hayk Gevorkyan was taken to the medical centre Nork and that his
    life is not in danger. There was an unexpected power cut on Bagramyan
    Avenue at about 0030 2030 gmt local time last night. Barbed wire was
    removed and water cannons moved forward from behind the
    special-purpose police detachments at the scene that evening.

    Passage omitted: known details about the use of water

    The law-enforcement agencies detained the most active protesters,
    including deputies of the Armenian parliament Shavarsh Kocharyan and
    Aleksan Karapetyan; members of the political board of the Anrapetutyun
    Republic Party, Artak Zeynalyan and Vagarshak Arutyunyan; and the
    press secretary of the People's Party, Ruzanna Khachatryan.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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