U.S. DIPLOMAT TO ASSESS HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMENIA

Interfax News Agency
June 24 2008
Russia

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor David Kramer will come to Yerevan on Monday on a two-day visit,
the press secretary of the U.S. embassy in Armenia told Interfax.

She said Yerevan would be a leg of Kramer’s South Caucasian tour and he
would discuss the provision of human rights and democracy. Kramer will
meet with Armenian officials, human rights activists, representatives
of public organizations and the media, and political scientists.

The opposition disagreed with results of the February 19 presidential
election in Armenia and organized protests in downtown Yerevan. The
protests developed into riots and clashes with the police on March
1. Ten people died and over 250 people were wounded.