ARMENIAN POLICE CHIEF ACCUSES RADIO LIBERTY OF "PROVOKING" RIOTS

Mediamax
March 4 2008
Armenia

Yerevan, 4 March: The head of the Armenian Police department for
public relations, Sayat Shirinyan, said today thatthe Armenian service
of Radio Liberty carries certain responsibility for the unrest in
the capital.

"In some respect, the Armenian service of Radio Liberty is also
to blame for the victims’ (deaths). Byspreading misinformation,
it provoked the protesters into the riots," Shirinyan said.

He noted "when I listened to a Radio Liberty report about my news
conference on 1 March, I was surprised to hearwhat I reportedly
said there".

Radio Liberty is to blame for aggravating the situation as the
protesters were listening to the inaccurate reportsspread by it,"
he said.