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    ARMENIAN WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST PRESIDENT'S "DICTATORIAL REGIME"

    Arminfo
    March 8, 2004

    YEREVAN

    Women supporting the opposition are holding a rally in Yerevan
    today. It has been organized by the Justice bloc under the slogan
    Women Against Lawlessness. According to Ruzanna Khachatryan,
    spokeswoman for the People's Party which is part of the Justice bloc,
    the rally is open not only to women "sympathizing with the
    opposition", but also "to those who are not indifferent to what is
    going on in the country".

    She said the authorities were doing nothing to alleviate tension in
    society in the aftermath of the 2003 presidential elections which were
    marred with massive fraud. The present social and economic plight is
    also a heavy burden for women, therefore they are saying their word on
    8 March, Khachatryan said.

    Despite the cold weather and piercing wind, more than 1,000 women have
    joined the rally. The welcoming address was made by Greta Sarkisyan,
    the mother of the former Armenian prime minister, Vazgen Sarkisyan,
    who was killed in the shooting in the Armenian parliament (27 October
    1999). She called on Armenian women to carry on fighting against
    President Robert Kocharyan's dictatorial regime and for the
    restoration of democracy in the country.

    After the rally, those taking part in it intend to march to the
    Armenian president's residency.

    It is worthy of note that there is a large number of policemen around
    the square outside the institute of ancient manuscripts where the
    rally is taking place.
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