The Toronto Star
April 22, 2004

News in Brief

Armenia

10,000 rally to demand president’s resignation

More than 10,000 demonstrators marched yesterday to demand the
resignation of Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, whom they accuse
of rigging his re-election last year, and to seek a national
referendum on his administration.

Ignoring both heavy rain and a threat by authorities to disperse mass
gatherings, protesters poured into Freedom Square in central Yerevan
and then filed through the city centre without incident.