  Nikol Pashinyan surrenders to law enforcersJuly 1, 2009 - 17:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On July 1, Editor-in-Chief of Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper Nikol Pashinyan, one of active participants of March 1 disorders, surrendered to law enforcement agencies. The activist was arrested and taken to "Yerevan-Kentron" penitentiary.Earlier, Pashinyan had expressed his intention to come out of hiding and continue his struggle in prison. Dissatisfied with the outcome of February 19, 2008 presidential elections, Armenian opposition started meetings the centre of Yerevan, under the leadership of first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan. On March 1-2, protest actions grew into disorders, resulting in the death of 10 individuals. Nikol Pashinyan was being searched by law enforcers.   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
