OPPOSITION’S PROCESSION OVER IN YEREVAN
news.am
April 6 2010
Armenia
The Armenian Opposition’s procession has been finished in
Yerevan. Thousands of supporters of the Armenian opposition political
forces participated in the action. No incidents were registered
during the event. Specifically, policemen were unusually kind,
looking smart and smiling at journalists. The reason is a conference
of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), which has
been opened in Yerevan. Armenian government officials participated
in the conference as well.
Vice-Chief of the Yerevan Police Department Robert Melkonyan and Chief
of the patrol force Valery Hovsipyan coordinated the policemen’s
actions. The demonstrators were crying out "Levon is President",
"Free and independent Armenia", "Freedom", etc..
The procession was led by young people with uniforms on, with portraits
of political prisoners on them.
The procession was preceded by a rally. Among the speakers were
participants in the FIDH conference, including FIDH President Souhayr
Belhassen.