European liberals demand immediate release of Armenia’s political prisonersOctober 15, 2010 - 19:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress (ANC) Coordinator Levon Zurabyan said during an ANC rally that he received a call from ANC Board Chairman Aram Manukyan, who is in Helsinki to participate in a congress of the European liberal parties. According to Zurabyan, the congress participants adopted a resolution demanding immediate release of Armenia’s political prisoners, a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from the site. The number of participants in the ANC rally near Matenadaran Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan has already reached 500 people. ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Chairman of the People’s Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchyan and other opposition representatives are present at the rally. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. 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. |