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ARMENIAN LEADER LIFTS MEDIA RESTRICTIONS
Reuters
March 13 2008
UK
YEREVAN, March 13 (Reuters) - Armenian President Robert Kocharyan on
Thursday lifted some media restrictions imposed after post-election
street protests last month turned violent, the presidential press
service said.
Eight people died and more than 100 were injured after former
president Lev Ter-Petrosyan's supporters took to the streets last
month, saying vote tallies were forged to hand victory to Prime
Minister Serzh Sarkysan, a Kocharyan ally.
Kocharyan declared a 20-day state of emergency on March 1.
Restrictions included a ban on street protests and a measure limiting
media to citing official information.
Kocharyan lifted that media restriction but left in force a measure
forbidding the publication of "obviously false and destabilising
information," the presidential press service said in a statement.
He also lifted a ban on the distribution of political leaflets
without official permission, the statement said. (Reporting by Hasmik
Lazarian, writing by Chris Baldwin, editing by Stephen Weeks)
Reuters
March 13 2008
UK
YEREVAN, March 13 (Reuters) - Armenian President Robert Kocharyan on
Thursday lifted some media restrictions imposed after post-election
street protests last month turned violent, the presidential press
service said.
Eight people died and more than 100 were injured after former
president Lev Ter-Petrosyan's supporters took to the streets last
month, saying vote tallies were forged to hand victory to Prime
Minister Serzh Sarkysan, a Kocharyan ally.
Kocharyan declared a 20-day state of emergency on March 1.
Restrictions included a ban on street protests and a measure limiting
media to citing official information.
Kocharyan lifted that media restriction but left in force a measure
forbidding the publication of "obviously false and destabilising
information," the presidential press service said in a statement.
He also lifted a ban on the distribution of political leaflets
without official permission, the statement said. (Reporting by Hasmik
Lazarian, writing by Chris Baldwin, editing by Stephen Weeks)