Those killed in March 1 events commemorated in YerevanMarch 22, 2008 - 13:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yesterday, hundreds of Yerevan residents commemorated those killed in March 1 and 2 disorders. The demonstrators marched toward the square adjacent to the French Embassy where 8 people were killed and 200 injured.They were holding portraits of the killed and arrested, candle and flowers tied with black ribbons. The police allowed only 5 people to approach the monument to Alexander Myasnikyan and lay flowers in memory of the victims. No clashes between the action participants and policemen were fixed. A similar action is expected today, on March 22, IA Regnum reports. 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 | Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. |