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Published on April 25, 2008
PUBLIC APPEAL: WOMEN LEAD FIRST RALLY AFTER MARCH 1 CLAMPDOWN ON ASSEMBLY
- Armenia’s opposition on Saturday was allowed to stage their first public rally in weeks – two days after a Council of Europe body released harsh criticism of the country’s authorities for their post-election crackdown. A few thousand people who turned out for the rally organized by a nongovernmental organization, Women for Peace in Yerevan’s Children’s Park, heard speakers saying the opposition would continue their struggle. Those rallying, many of whom were women and supporters of jailed oppositionists, demanded that the authorities admit to the presence of more than 130 political prisoners in Armenia and release them. The April 19 gathering was the opposition’s first public event to be sanctioned by the Yerevan municipality since the March 1 police restrictions and last Thursday’s resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) that in particular called for the revocation of the amendments to the law on conducting meetings, assemblies, rallies and demonstrations. The conditions for a dialogue between the Armenian government and opposition listed by the PACE parliamentarians also included an independent inquiry into the events of March 1 and an urgent release of persons “detained on seemingly artificial and politically motivated charges.” Opposition demonstrators on Saturday chanted “Struggle”, “Freedom” and “Serzh, Go Away”, signaling a new phase of the oppositionists’ battle. “The start of the victory begins anew,” stated Women for Peace NGO Chairwoman Gayane Martirosyan, leading a two-hour demonstration. Opposition member Suren Surenyants, who was released from custody following a mediation of a number of lawmakers two days before but not cleared of charges, assured the rally participants that “all political prisoners are in consistent struggle for the reestablishment of law in our country, for democracy and freedom.” Melissa Brown, the wife of jailed oppositionist Alexander Arzumanyan, who has, in recent weeks, spearheaded the struggle of women whose husbands are held in custody for their different roles in the March 1 events, said they are undaunted in their continuous efforts to achieve the release of their family members. Brown assured those who gathered in the park that their efforts had already produced results: “Our goal is for our husbands, brothers, friends to be recognized as political prisoners in Armenia and in the whole world.” Brown said she and others would stand staunchly in Northern Avenue, Liberty Square and elsewhere until those locked up were released. Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s wife, Lyudmila, was also next to the women of jailed oppositionists. Police provided security of the event, with no major incidents observed.
- Sara Khojoyan
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