PROCESSION ORGANIZED BY ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS IN YEREVAN COMPLETED

ArmInfo
2009-12-10 16:12:00

ArmInfo. On December 10 the Armenian National Congress held a
procession in the center of Yerevan with a demand to release all the
political prisoners in Armenia.

ArmInfo correspondent reported that several thousands of people took
part in the procession, including all leaders of the Congress, except
Levon Ter-Petrossyan. The procession was dedicated to international
Day of Human Rights Protection. At Myasnikyan Square the procession
participants observed a minute of silence for the memory of the
10 victims of 1 March 2008. The Armenian National Congress handed
letters to the representative of UN Commission on Human Rights and
representative of OSCE.

The procession was completed in Northern Avenue. "The procession was
organized jointly with a number of public organizations with the only
demand to release all the political prisoners in Armenia who are still
in custody. The country that has political prisoners is unable to
take any effective steps in foreign policy, steps protecting Armenian
citizens’ interests, or steps protecting interests in such problematic
issues as Karabakh peace process and Armenian-Turkish relations",-
said Levon Zurabyan, Coordinator of Armenian National Congress.