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  • Deadly Clashes During Protests In Armenia Alarm Secretary-General Ba

    DEADLY CLASHES DURING PROTESTS IN ARMENIA ALARM SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN

    UN News Centre
    March 3 2008

    3 March 2008 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his deep
    concern about the deadly clashes between demonstrators and police
    forces in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, where the results of
    recent presidential elections have been disputed. "It is his hope
    that these events, during which eight people died, will be thoroughly
    investigated," Mr. Ban's spokesperson said in a statement.

    "The Secretary-General calls on all parties to exercise full restraint
    and to find a way out of the current crisis. He also urges the Armenian
    authorities to take all necessary steps to ensure a return to normalcy,
    including through a speedy lifting of the state of emergency."

    The statement was issued a day after Louise Arbour, the UN High
    Commissioner for Human Rights, also voiced alarm about the violent
    clashes in Yerevan and urged authorities to exercise maximum restraint.

    She noted that Armenia is a signatory to the International Covenant
    on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which states that, even during
    states of emergency, fundamental rights such as the right to life
    and the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading
    treatment cannot be suspended.

    Protests began in Armenia after Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan was
    declared the winner of the 19 February presidential poll, a result
    that is disputed by the opposition candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan.
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