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  • BAKU: PACE Special Rapporteur On Armenia Says 28 Were Killed In Post

    PACE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ARMENIA SAYS 28 WERE KILLED IN POST-ELECTION EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY

    Azeri Press Agency
    April 14 2008
    Azerbaijan

    Strasbourg-APA. The presidential elections in Armenia have been
    discussed in the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
    of Europe (PACE), APA reports.

    Special rapporteur on Armenia John Prescott said the investigations
    showed that 28 people had been killed in the confrontations during
    Armenian presidential elections, not 8 as it had been reported
    before. 8 of them died in the squares, 20 later in hospitals. John
    Prescott also said that military equipment, grenades had been used
    against the demonstrators.

    The Bureau passed a decision to raise the events in Armenia in the
    special discussion at the plenary session of PACE on April 17. During
    the discussions the parliamentarians offered to impose sanctions on
    Armenia, and even freeze Armenia's voting right in PACE. The decision
    on Armenia will be made in PACE's plenary session.
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