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    OVER 60 PEOPLE REMAIN IN POLICE CUSTODY OVER YEREVAN RIOTS

    Interfax News Agency, Russia
    April 29 2008

    Sixty-six people who were arrested over the March 1 riots in Yerevan
    remain in police custody, and 27 people have been asked to give their
    written undertaking not to leave their residence area, a spokesman
    for the Armenian Prosecutor General's Office told Interfax.

    Thirty-one criminal cases have been sent to court as of April 28.

    The March 1 riots followed the February 19 presidential elections
    in Armenia and were led by former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan,
    who had lost the elections. His supporters have still not recognized
    the outcome of the elections. Ten people were killed in the riots.

    The National Movement Center led by Ter-Petrosyan intends to file
    a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights to contest the
    electoral violations they believe occurred during the February 19
    elections. A working group composed of Armenian and foreign experts
    has already been created to prepare the suit.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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