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    Riot police disperse rally in Yerevan's Freedom Square, casualties are reported

    Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
    March 1 2008

    [ 01 Mar 2008 12:25 ]

    Yerevan-APA. Armenian riot police have today dispersed the opposition's
    rally in Freedom Square. APA reports quoting Arminfo that the square
    is surrounded by the police and no one, even journalists are allowed
    in. The law-enforcement bodies are clearing the demonstrators camped
    out in the square.

    Armenian riot police used truncheons, tear gas and other means to break
    up the protest action, witnesses said. According to the unconfirmed
    reports, casualties are reported. Addressing the protesters at 7.00
    a.m. leader of the opposition, ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan warned
    them about dispersion of the rally. He called on the protesters not to
    panic, or confront with the police. After that the government forces
    started to disperse the protest action. Levon Ter-Petrosyan demanded
    a relevant decision from the law-enforcement bodies for dispersing
    the rally, but he was ignored. The riot police took him in an unknown
    direction by force. Later it became known that ex-president was taken
    home and is banned from leaving home.

    The protest action started on February 20. Despite the warnings of
    president Robert Kocharian and law-enforcement bodies, the protesters
    did not stop the rally. They protested against the results of the
    presidential elections held on February 19. Central Election Commission
    had declared Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian's victory in the elections.
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