Mikael Danielian shot

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21 may about 3:00 an unknown person fired a shot at the chairman of the Helsinki Association-Armenia Mikael Danielian on Terian Street, Yerevan. According to Danielian’s friend they had hardly stopped under a traffic light when Danielian noticed a friend walking along the pavement. He stretched out to salute him.

Just at that moment a BMW began honking continuously from behind. In reply to Danielian’s inquiries a fellow got off the BMW and started railing at the human rights activist and calling him a CIA agent who defends the interests of gays. Afterwards, he took out a gun and shot at Danielian’s chest. Fortunately, the wound wasn’t serious as according to the preliminary investigation the criminal had shot from a pneumatic gun.

 

”What is being celebrated, Serzh?” – The action in memory of the victims in Armenia

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”What is being celebrated, Serzh?” – The action in memory of the victims in Armenia

 On the 9th of April the action in memory of the victims of the broken up demonstrations on the 1-2 of March took place in Kiev near the Armenian Embassy.
The 9th of April is the date of the 40 days since the tradegy has happened, and it is also the President inauguration in Armenia.

Picket was organized by the representatives of the World Youth Movement for Democracy and was supported by the Armenian
human rihgts defenders and members of the Youth Human Rights Movement – Ukraine.

The participants didn’t make any political demands. They held only white linen with black ribbones, pinks and candels. «We have nothing to say, everything was said. We don’t understand what can be celebrated today», – says Anastasia Nikitina, the member of the WYMD work committee and the YHRM participant. Young people laid wreathes.

SvD: Armeniska oppositionella greps

SvD: Många döda i protester

 

Open Letter from the Wives, Mothers, and Sisters of Victims of Political Persecution in Connection with the 2008 Armenian Presidential Election

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Open Letter from the Wives, Mothers, and Sisters of Victims of Political Persecution in Connection with the 2008 Armenian Presidential Election

We are writing this letter as the wives, mothers, and sisters of those citizens of the Republic of Armenia who have been subjected to illegal measures by the authorities in connection with the February 19, 2008 presidential election, during the pre-election process, at the time of the election, and in the days since then.

These measures include violence, brutality, kidnapping, unlawful detention, home searches without any legal justification accompanied by extensive damage to property, and the arrests of our husbands, sons, and brothers, almost all on similar charges: “Criminal actions against the state with the aim of overthrowing the government.”

We believe that these arrests have been purely political in nature, given that the detainees are members of political parties, proxies of opposition candidates, or participants in the peaceful demonstrations held by the democratic opposition.

The measures taken by the authorities are in contradiction to national law and are incompatible with international norms and obligations undertaken by the Armenian Government. They are acts of political persecution aimed at destroying democratic opposition, and as such represent a gross violation of human rights.

We call upon the European Union, the Council of Europe, and the United States of America to organize an independent and impartial investigation of all of the cases connected with the February 19 presidential election, including both the killing of innocent people and the arrests of our family members. Finally, we note with alarm that these arrests are continuing to this day.

SvD: Armeniska oppositionella greps

SvD: Många döda i protester

 

In Tbilisi was opened the office ”SOS. Armenia”

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(Georgia)

Under support of the Unity of Georgian Armenians “Nor Serund” in Tbilisi was opened the office «SOS. ARMENIA» (address: 13 Tsutskiridze Str.; phone/fax: +995 32 77 03 21; e-mail: sosarmenia@yahoo.com). Aim of the office activity is to inform the Georgian society about the processes ongoing in Armenia. Except this, proceeding form the existing information vacuum faced by the Armenian population after inculcation of the state of emergency, the office will be periodically disseminating information through the Internet about the events taking place both in Armenia and outside its borders.