ANC rep urges prosecution of leadership over March 1 events March 1, 2012 - 18:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition rally in Yerevan Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper editor-in-chief urged prosecution for those involved in March 1, 2008 events. “Armenian officials responsible for March 1 events including former and current presidents, Robert Kocharian and Serzh Sargsyan; former parliamentary speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, former police chief Hayk Harutyunyan, National Security Service chief Gorik Hakobyan, Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan must be prosecuted with their property to be confiscated,” Nikol Pashinyan stressed. “Every one must be equal before the law,” the oppositionist said. From February 20, 2008, the Armenian opposition led by first president Levon Ter-Petrossian, who ran for presidency in 2008, but was not elected, held rallies in the central part of Yerevan, protesting against the election results. The protest actions resulted in unrest and clashes between the police and rally participants on March 1-2. According to the Office of RA Prosecutor General, around 200 people were injured, 10 people were killed, and over 100 people were arrested. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |