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REMEMBERING MAR. 1, 2008, IN YEREVAN, ARMENIA (VIDEO)
epress.am
http://www.epress.am/en/2012/03/01/remembering-mar-1-2008-in-yerevan-armenia-video.html
03.01.2012
The monument to the Bolshevik revolutionary of Armenian descent
Aleksandr Myasnikyan, located near Yerevan City Hall, has become a
place where honored is the memory of 10 citizens of the Republic of
Armenia, who were killed during the violent dispersal of peaceful
demonstrations in March 2008.
It was here, persecuted by law enforcement authorities and to the
embassies of France and Russia, thousands of people fled who for
10 days around the clock protested the outcome of the Feb. 19, 2008
presidential election, the winner of which was soon declared to be then
defense minister Serzh Sargsyan. His main rival (and the unsuccessful
presidential candidate) continues to remain first president of the
Republic of Armenia and leader of the opposition bloc the Armenian
National Congress Levon Ter-Petrossian, whose supporters will gather
together for a rally at 6 pm today.
Note, relatives of 7 of the victims of the tragic events of Mar. 1-2,
2008, on Wednesday wrote a letter to several European institutions,
asking them to pay attention to the role of European institutions in
concealing the murder of their loved ones. Local daily Haykakan Jamanak
("Armenian Times"), which published this story today, also mentioned
that nothing is being done to reveal the circumstances surrounding
these deaths and the case, currently in the hands of Armenia's Special
Investigation Service, essentially has been suspended. "However, this
isn't officially announced so as not to result in a public outcry,"
the paper reported.
After 10 days of peaceful protests by tens of thousands of people
in Liberty Square (adjacent to the Opera building), the national
police and military forces tried to disperse the hundreds camping
out overnight in the square on the night of Mar. 1. The square was
locked down, people caught and beaten with truncheons and chased to
the square in front of the municipality building, where people began
to flock at dawn.
That evening, then president Robert Kocharian, backed by parliament,
declared a 20-day state of emergency, banning future demonstrations
and censoring the media from broadcasting any political news except
those issued by official state press releases. During this time,
the army was called in to quell the demonstrations. Along with the
10 deaths, many were injured and hundreds of opposition members were
arrested and convicted.
No one has yet been found guilty for the 10 deaths and the incidents
surrounding them. The Armenian authorities and the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have declared the "chapter
on Mar. 1 closed."
Epress.am edited the video above using excerpts from films about the
events of Mar. 1-2, 2008, in Yerevan, and open source material.
An excerpt from Alfred Schnittke's Concerto Grosso No. 1 was used in
the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKR33qo8L_o
From: Baghdasarian
epress.am
http://www.epress.am/en/2012/03/01/remembering-mar-1-2008-in-yerevan-armenia-video.html
03.01.2012
The monument to the Bolshevik revolutionary of Armenian descent
Aleksandr Myasnikyan, located near Yerevan City Hall, has become a
place where honored is the memory of 10 citizens of the Republic of
Armenia, who were killed during the violent dispersal of peaceful
demonstrations in March 2008.
It was here, persecuted by law enforcement authorities and to the
embassies of France and Russia, thousands of people fled who for
10 days around the clock protested the outcome of the Feb. 19, 2008
presidential election, the winner of which was soon declared to be then
defense minister Serzh Sargsyan. His main rival (and the unsuccessful
presidential candidate) continues to remain first president of the
Republic of Armenia and leader of the opposition bloc the Armenian
National Congress Levon Ter-Petrossian, whose supporters will gather
together for a rally at 6 pm today.
Note, relatives of 7 of the victims of the tragic events of Mar. 1-2,
2008, on Wednesday wrote a letter to several European institutions,
asking them to pay attention to the role of European institutions in
concealing the murder of their loved ones. Local daily Haykakan Jamanak
("Armenian Times"), which published this story today, also mentioned
that nothing is being done to reveal the circumstances surrounding
these deaths and the case, currently in the hands of Armenia's Special
Investigation Service, essentially has been suspended. "However, this
isn't officially announced so as not to result in a public outcry,"
the paper reported.
After 10 days of peaceful protests by tens of thousands of people
in Liberty Square (adjacent to the Opera building), the national
police and military forces tried to disperse the hundreds camping
out overnight in the square on the night of Mar. 1. The square was
locked down, people caught and beaten with truncheons and chased to
the square in front of the municipality building, where people began
to flock at dawn.
That evening, then president Robert Kocharian, backed by parliament,
declared a 20-day state of emergency, banning future demonstrations
and censoring the media from broadcasting any political news except
those issued by official state press releases. During this time,
the army was called in to quell the demonstrations. Along with the
10 deaths, many were injured and hundreds of opposition members were
arrested and convicted.
No one has yet been found guilty for the 10 deaths and the incidents
surrounding them. The Armenian authorities and the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have declared the "chapter
on Mar. 1 closed."
Epress.am edited the video above using excerpts from films about the
events of Mar. 1-2, 2008, in Yerevan, and open source material.
An excerpt from Alfred Schnittke's Concerto Grosso No. 1 was used in
the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKR33qo8L_o
From: Baghdasarian