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    ARMENIAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION DESCRIBES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AS NON- DEMOCRATIC

    Interfax News Agency
    Russia & CIS
    March 12 2008
    Russia

    The Armenian human rights organization Helsinki Association has
    qualified the recent presidential elections in the country as not
    meeting democratic standards and called for suspending Armenia's
    membership in the Council of Europe and other international
    organizations.

    "The Helsinki Association (Yerevan), which observed the February 19,
    2008 presidential elections in Armenia and monitored the situation in
    the post-election period, declares that the elections absolutely do
    not meet democratic standards," the organization said in a statement
    posted on the website titled 'Human Rights in Russia' ( www.hro.org ).

    "The casting of fake ballots, the intimidation of voters, attacks on
    journalists, the presence of local crime bosses at polling stations
    in the capacity of election commission members, candidates'
    representatives, or observers, and falsifications during the vote
    counting could not fail to affect the voting results. All this prompted
    natural objection from the opposition, which was reflected in peaceful
    protests," it said.

    The Helsinki Association urged international organizations "to demand
    the invalidation of a decree of March 1, 2008 on imposing the state of
    emergency in Yerevan," conduct "an unbiased and complete investigation
    into the use of excessive force against demonstrators, in which foreign
    experts would be involved," and also "suspend both Armenia's membership
    in international organizations, including the Council of Europe, and
    all programs on providing economic and financial assistance to Armenia
    until it fully complies with international democratic standards and
    its international commitments in the human rights area."
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