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OPPOSITION MARKS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY BY HOLDING RALLY IN YEREVAN
Tert.am
10.12.10
On the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights, the
opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) has organized a rally in
the center of Yerevan.
"The International Day of Human Rights is a holiday which is mostly
important for countries where human rights cost almost next to
nothing," said Aram Manukyan, the board director of the Armenian
Pan-National Movement.
"It took three days to release two political prisoners - Gabriel
Gabrielyan and Felix Gevorgyan," former Prosecutor General Gagik
Jhangiryan said, adding that the two opposition activists have already
joined the pan-national movement.
Armenian society is to blame for tolerating the gang-rule for ten
years, according to the Head of Democratic Homeland Party, Petros
Makeyan.
"The human rights situation in Armenia is disastrous," he said in
his speech.
Addressing the protesters, ANC representative David Shahnazaryan said:
"You are the only ones protecting human rights in Armenia".
ANC coordinator Levon Zurabyan said that after the prisoners' release
their party will continue the struggle, calling for the freedom of
television and the press and reinstating the people's right to elect
their own government.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
10.12.10
On the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights, the
opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) has organized a rally in
the center of Yerevan.
"The International Day of Human Rights is a holiday which is mostly
important for countries where human rights cost almost next to
nothing," said Aram Manukyan, the board director of the Armenian
Pan-National Movement.
"It took three days to release two political prisoners - Gabriel
Gabrielyan and Felix Gevorgyan," former Prosecutor General Gagik
Jhangiryan said, adding that the two opposition activists have already
joined the pan-national movement.
Armenian society is to blame for tolerating the gang-rule for ten
years, according to the Head of Democratic Homeland Party, Petros
Makeyan.
"The human rights situation in Armenia is disastrous," he said in
his speech.
Addressing the protesters, ANC representative David Shahnazaryan said:
"You are the only ones protecting human rights in Armenia".
ANC coordinator Levon Zurabyan said that after the prisoners' release
their party will continue the struggle, calling for the freedom of
television and the press and reinstating the people's right to elect
their own government.
From: A. Papazian