OPPOSITION RALLY GOING ON IN YEREVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.06.2008 19:02 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Several thousand of Armenian opposition supporters
took the streets Friday to join the rally at Matenadaran, the
depositary of ancient manuscripts, scheduled for 6 p.m.

The adjacent territory is controlled by the police.

Law enforcers call on the demonstrators not to block the traffic in
the center of Yerevan, IA Regnum reports.

On June 12 the opposition leaders informed the Mayor’s office of their
intention to hold a rally in Liberty Square but the latter rejected
authorization over a children’s’ event scheduled in the Square on
that day and offered to gather near Hrazdan stadium.

However, the oppositionists decided to gather at Matenadaran.