Violent Clashes Remembered In Armenia

VIOLENT CLASHES REMEMBERED IN ARMENIA
By Ashley Killough

ianyan magazine

March 3 2010

On Monday, thousands gathered in Yerevan to commemorate the deadly
events of March 1, 2008, when large-scale violence broke out in the
streets of Yerevan between police and oppositionists protesting the
results of Armenia’s disputed presidential election two years ago.

Levon Ter-Petrosyan, oppositionist leader and head of the
Armenian National Congress, addressed crowds Monday night near The
Matenadaran before oppositionist members marched through the centre
of Yerevan. In his 50-minute speech, Ter-Petrosyan lambasted the
current administration, criticizing its handling of the country’s
current challenges and condemning the Turkish-Armenian normalization
process as "humiliating."

The audio slide show below captures the state of affairs two years
after clash.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

http://www.ianyanmag.com/?p=2033

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS