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Armenia to see a new wave of uprising in February, says oppositionist
16:49 - 10.12.11
Armenia will see a new wave of protests in February next year, an
activist of the opposition alliance of the Armenian National Congress
(HAK) has said.
Nikol Pashinyan made the statement on Liberty Square as the HAK
started a campaign dedicated to the anniversary of the adoption of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
`In February, a new wave of uprising will start so that non-elected
authorities will go away from Armenia,' said Pashinyan who is also the
Chief Editor of local daily Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times).
`No state official will give us our rights. Citizens should by all
means demand their rights,' he added.
HAK Coordinator Levon Zurabyan, in turn, said that it was due to the
pressure the HAK exerted on the ruling authorities that they released
those citizens arrested over the March 1 events.
Zurabyan also said that civil society is becoming more active in the
country and is fighting for its rights more actively then before.
Later the HAK supporters marched from Liberty Square towards to
Mashtots Avenue from where they will go to the area near Alexander
Miasnikyan statue - the area where most of the clashes with the riot
police took place in 2008.
At least ten people were killed, dozens wounded and arrested at the
post-election unrest in Yerevan in 2008 as citizens took to the
streets, claiming the presidential vote had been stolen.
Tert.am
16:49 - 10.12.11
Armenia will see a new wave of protests in February next year, an
activist of the opposition alliance of the Armenian National Congress
(HAK) has said.
Nikol Pashinyan made the statement on Liberty Square as the HAK
started a campaign dedicated to the anniversary of the adoption of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
`In February, a new wave of uprising will start so that non-elected
authorities will go away from Armenia,' said Pashinyan who is also the
Chief Editor of local daily Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times).
`No state official will give us our rights. Citizens should by all
means demand their rights,' he added.
HAK Coordinator Levon Zurabyan, in turn, said that it was due to the
pressure the HAK exerted on the ruling authorities that they released
those citizens arrested over the March 1 events.
Zurabyan also said that civil society is becoming more active in the
country and is fighting for its rights more actively then before.
Later the HAK supporters marched from Liberty Square towards to
Mashtots Avenue from where they will go to the area near Alexander
Miasnikyan statue - the area where most of the clashes with the riot
police took place in 2008.
At least ten people were killed, dozens wounded and arrested at the
post-election unrest in Yerevan in 2008 as citizens took to the
streets, claiming the presidential vote had been stolen.
Tert.am