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ARMENIA PROTESTERS ARRESTED AS SARGSYAN SWORN IN FOR SECOND TERM
Bloomberg
April 9 2013
By Sara Khojoyan - Apr 9, 2013 7:53 PM GMT+0300 ..
Armenian police arrested protesters as opposition leader Raffi
Hovhannisyan led demonstrations at Serzh Sargsyan's inauguration to
a second term as president.
About 2,000 people gathered today near the presidential palace in the
capital, Yerevan, where 10 were detained, according to a Facebook Inc.
post by activist Haykak Arshamyan. Armen Martirosyan, deputy head
of Hovhannisyan's Heritage party, was photographed by the news.am
website flanked by two police officers with blood on his face.
Hovhannisyan, who lost a February election to Sargsyan by more than
20 percentage points, was led away by national police chief Vladimir
Gasparyan and about 50 officers to a different part of the capital,
according to Davit Sanasaryan, a representative for his team. Armen
Malkhasyan, a police spokesman, refused to clarify how many people
were arrested, saying information would be released through the
police website.
Thousands of Armenians have joined Hovhannisyan's call to challenge
the vote tally as opposition groups seek to gain traction against
Sargsyan's rule. Local observers and non- governmental organizations
registered more than 400 violations during the elections, with
infringements including ballot stuffing and attempts to vote more
than once.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-09/armenia-protesters-arrested-as-sargsyan-sworn-in-for-second-term.html
From: Baghdasarian
Bloomberg
April 9 2013
By Sara Khojoyan - Apr 9, 2013 7:53 PM GMT+0300 ..
Armenian police arrested protesters as opposition leader Raffi
Hovhannisyan led demonstrations at Serzh Sargsyan's inauguration to
a second term as president.
About 2,000 people gathered today near the presidential palace in the
capital, Yerevan, where 10 were detained, according to a Facebook Inc.
post by activist Haykak Arshamyan. Armen Martirosyan, deputy head
of Hovhannisyan's Heritage party, was photographed by the news.am
website flanked by two police officers with blood on his face.
Hovhannisyan, who lost a February election to Sargsyan by more than
20 percentage points, was led away by national police chief Vladimir
Gasparyan and about 50 officers to a different part of the capital,
according to Davit Sanasaryan, a representative for his team. Armen
Malkhasyan, a police spokesman, refused to clarify how many people
were arrested, saying information would be released through the
police website.
Thousands of Armenians have joined Hovhannisyan's call to challenge
the vote tally as opposition groups seek to gain traction against
Sargsyan's rule. Local observers and non- governmental organizations
registered more than 400 violations during the elections, with
infringements including ballot stuffing and attempts to vote more
than once.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-09/armenia-protesters-arrested-as-sargsyan-sworn-in-for-second-term.html
From: Baghdasarian