Fourteen opposition activists were detained in Yerevan on Thursday as they scuffled with riot police while demanding the immediate release of a fellow member of an Armenian opposition grouping arrested in January.
European Union officials have expressed concern over the continuing detention of opposition activist Gevorg Safarian and other critics of the Armenian government.
An alliance of radical opposition groups announced on Thursday plans to start a new series of street demonstrations aimed at toppling the government and forcing snap elections in Armenia.
Armenia’s Court of Appeals on Wednesday again refused to set free an arrested opposition activist despite prosecutors’ admission that the high-profile criminal case against him is flawed.
Armenia’s main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) party and a number of other groups opposed to the current government staged a joint rally on Tuesday in commemoration of victims of 2008 post-election clashes.
Members of Armenia’s opposition on Monday criticized the government for promptly submitting draft amendments to the country’s electoral code to legal experts of a Council of Europe body for examination without prior public debate.
A senior official said Friday that the Armenian government continues to oppose the idea of publicizing the names of voters participating in elections which its critics believe would make vote rigging much more difficult.
An Armenian court on Monday refused to grant bail to an opposition activist who was arrested during an anti-government protest in Yerevan and prosecuted on what human rights groups consider politically motivated charges.
The Armenian authorities must finally agree to publicize the names of voters participating in elections in order to eliminate a key source of electoral fraud in the country, about two dozen civil society groups said on Wednesday.
The Armenian authorities dismissed on Tuesday criticism of their handling of a recent constitutional referendum voiced by election experts from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
A coalition of Armenian civic organizations that deployed the largest monitoring team during the December 6 referendum in Armenia on Thursday again rejected as fraudulent its official results showing a “Yes” vote for President Serzh Sarkisian’s constitutional changes.
A recently formed opposition party led by Nikol Pashinian hopes to recruit thousands of volunteers in an effort to ensure the proper conduct of next year’s parliamentary elections at polling stations across Armenia.
Justice Minister Arpine Hovannisian insisted on Friday that an opposition activist who was arrested during a January 1 protest in Yerevan is not a political prisoner.
Seven people were detained in Yerevan’s Liberty Square early on Wednesday as police dismantled a small tent camp that was set up there by a radical opposition alliance seeking to topple Armenia’s government.
Ignoring appeals from a renowned international human rights organization, the Armenian authorities have refused to free an opposition activist arrested while attempting to place a Christmas tree in Yerevan.
Irregularities reported during the December 6 referendum in Armenia did not affect its official results indicating popular approval of President Serzh Sarkisian’s constitutional changes, the ruling Republican Party (HHK) insisted on Friday.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and its allies downplayed on Tuesday the significance of apparent U.S. threats to blacklist individuals responsible for reported irregularities that marred the referendum on President Serzh Sarkisian’s constitutional changes.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Monday stood by its fraud allegations and demanded that the Central Election Commission (CEC) annul the official results of the weekend referendum on sweeping amendments to Armenia’s constitution.
Radical opposition groups campaigning for “regime change” in Armenia rallied hundreds of supporters and demanded President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation on Sunday evening shortly after the polls closed in a constitutional referendum denounced by them as fraudulent.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) made clear on Thursday that it will not join ongoing nonstop anti-government protests in Yerevan for now despite continuing to closely cooperate with more radical opposition groups that have organized them.
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