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    POLICEMEN PREVENT "POLITICAL" WALKS IN NORTHERN AVENUE FOR THREE DAYS

    Noyan Tapan
    http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=117686
    Se p 24, 2008

    YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. Since September 21, the police
    have prevented, by using force, supporters of the radical opposition
    from organizing "political" walks in Yerevan's Northern Avenue,
    NT correspondent was informed by member of the Armenian National
    Congress (ANC) Diana Mardanian on September 24. According to her,
    policemen use rubber batons and stun guns to disperse people. In the
    words of another activist who requested anonymity, policemen do not
    substantiate their actions in any way.

    >From 7 pm to 7:40 pm on September 24, some 70 opposition activists,
    mainly women and students, gathered in Northern Avenue. There were
    about 40 policemen in the avenue who urged the oppositionists not to
    gather in one place.
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