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Armenian protesters call for Egypt-style uprising

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Armenian protesters call for Egypt-style uprising

Armenian president Serzh Sarkisyan

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Thousands of Armenian opposition supporters have rallied in the nation's capital, Yerevan, calling for the government to resign and for popular uprisings similar to those recently seen in the Middle East.

Addressing the crowd gathered Friday in the capital's city center, opposition leader and former president Levon Ter-Petrosian compared Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan to the deposed rulers of Tunisia and Egypt.

Mr. Ter-Petrosian said the plight of the people of Armenia is no better than that of the people of Tunisia and Egypt, and that Armenia's government is no less dictatorial and hated than the governments of those countries.

Opposition supporters are demonstrating against what they call social injustices, abuses and economic conditions in the country.

Meanwhile, the parties making up the government's ruling coalition showed their support for Mr. Sarkisyan on Thursday when they signed a memorandum supporting his re-election for a second term in 2013.

Rights groups and the opposition have accused President Sarkisyan and his government of ordering politically motivated trials in response to violent political unrest that occurred following his disputed election victory in 2008. Opposition members claimed the vote was rigged.

They also accuse authorities of failing to investigate widespread accusations that police used excessive force to crush the protests.

Source: VOANews.com

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Anonymous Armen Mon, Feb 21 2011 06:41 CET
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On the other hand Samvel, Levon Ter Petrosian will spell the end of Armenia if he gains power. We need to improve what we have, not bring in traitors to bring our end.

Anonymous Samvel Jeshmaridian, PhD Mon, Feb 21 2011 04:45 CET
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The illegal President of Armenia made a grave error when he agreed with Mr. Bloodert Kocharyan about keeping the good and honest Armenians in prison. The arrest of good and honest Armenians was politically motivated. Though Mr. Sarksyan promised to make peace with good and honest Armenians and never keep them in prison, he broke his promise and surrendered Mr. Kocharyan's standpoint. On the one hand it seems to be natural and, on the other hand, it denotes that 03/01/08 is the everyday work of Kocharyan and Sarksyan together. That way, even uneducated Armenians and Karabakhis understood that Mr. Sarksyan, [...]

 Read the full comment the illegal Armenian President was a sick and ill-bred personality.


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