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ARMENIA POLICE DETAIN 20 ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS
Press TV, Iran
Nov 6 2013
Police in Armenia have arrested some 20 people during clashes
with anti-government protesters, who were trying to march on the
presidential palace.
Dozens of protesters, led by the chief of the opposition Nationalist
Party Shant Arutyunian, marched to the presidential palace in the
capital, Yerevan, on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of the
re-elected President Serzh Sarksyan, Reuters reported.
The scuffles broke out after the anti-government demonstrators,
armed with sticks and firecrackers, were stopped by police en route
to the palace.
According to the police spokesman, the angry protesters threw large
firecrackers at the police forces, injuring a number of people, as
well as policemen. Almost 20 people were detained during the clashes.
On February 18, the incumbent Armenian president was re-elected to
a second five-year term in office, though independent monitors along
with two failed presidential candidates questioned the results.
In March, Armenia's Constitutional Court rejected claims that the
election was rigged, approving Sarksyan's re-election.
At least 10 people were also killed during clashes between protesters
and police forces in 2008, when Sarksyan took office as president
for the first time.
MM/HJL
Press TV, Iran
Nov 6 2013
Police in Armenia have arrested some 20 people during clashes
with anti-government protesters, who were trying to march on the
presidential palace.
Dozens of protesters, led by the chief of the opposition Nationalist
Party Shant Arutyunian, marched to the presidential palace in the
capital, Yerevan, on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of the
re-elected President Serzh Sarksyan, Reuters reported.
The scuffles broke out after the anti-government demonstrators,
armed with sticks and firecrackers, were stopped by police en route
to the palace.
According to the police spokesman, the angry protesters threw large
firecrackers at the police forces, injuring a number of people, as
well as policemen. Almost 20 people were detained during the clashes.
On February 18, the incumbent Armenian president was re-elected to
a second five-year term in office, though independent monitors along
with two failed presidential candidates questioned the results.
In March, Armenia's Constitutional Court rejected claims that the
election was rigged, approving Sarksyan's re-election.
At least 10 people were also killed during clashes between protesters
and police forces in 2008, when Sarksyan took office as president
for the first time.
MM/HJL