Democracy on rocky ground : Armenia's disputed 2008 presidential election, post-election violence, and the one-sided pursuit of accountability / Human Rights Watch.

New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, [2009]

©2009

64 pages : color map ; 27 cm

Police and protestors clashed in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, on March 1, 2008, bringing to a head the country's latest electoral dispute -- over the results of a presidential poll in February 2008. On that day, in episodes at different city center locations, police variously set upon protestors without warning or resistance, negotiated, withdrew, returned to the offensive, and finally fought a pitched battle with a small group of protestors. At least ten people died -- eight protestors and two police officers -- and scores were injured. The Armenian authorities' response to the March 1 events has been one-sided. While they have convicted dozens of opposition members, sometimes in flawed and politically motivated trials, for organizing the demonstration and participating in violent disorder, they have not prosecuted any law enforcement official for excessive use of force. The authorities have also dismissed as unfounded all allegations of ill-treatment and torture in detention.

"February 2009"--Spine.
Written by Giorgi Gogia--P. 64.

Includes bibliographical references.

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KMF445.8 .G64 2009

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