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OPPOSITION RALLY HELD IN YEREVAN AGAIN
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.04.2008 15:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ After a long pause, the Armenian opposition held
a regular rally in Yerevan on April 19. The protest action started
at 3 p.m. at a monument to Alexander Myasnikyan, where the March 1
riots ended in bloody clashes with the police.
Suren Surenyants, member of Republic party political council, Anna
Hakobyan, the wife of Nikol Pashinyan (currently wanted by the police)
and Melissa Brown, the wife of detained former foreign minister of
Armenia Alexander Arzumanyan, addressed the attendees.
Leader of People's Party Stepan Demirchyan and head of Republic
party political council Aram Sargsyan were also present but could
not deliver speeches over lack of time.
Two hours later, the participants marched towards Liberty Square and
found it cordoned by the police.
After numerous calls to leave the site, the protesters broke up,
IA Regnum reports.
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.04.2008 15:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ After a long pause, the Armenian opposition held
a regular rally in Yerevan on April 19. The protest action started
at 3 p.m. at a monument to Alexander Myasnikyan, where the March 1
riots ended in bloody clashes with the police.
Suren Surenyants, member of Republic party political council, Anna
Hakobyan, the wife of Nikol Pashinyan (currently wanted by the police)
and Melissa Brown, the wife of detained former foreign minister of
Armenia Alexander Arzumanyan, addressed the attendees.
Leader of People's Party Stepan Demirchyan and head of Republic
party political council Aram Sargsyan were also present but could
not deliver speeches over lack of time.
Two hours later, the participants marched towards Liberty Square and
found it cordoned by the police.
After numerous calls to leave the site, the protesters broke up,
IA Regnum reports.