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From: Abe Rein (ARein@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2003 - 15:36:16 EST
ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES WARN AGAINST FURTHER OPPOSITION PROTESTS
People's Party of Armenia chairman Stepan Demirchian and several other
leading members of the opposition Artarutiun bloc were summoned on 31
March to the Prosecutor-General's Office in Yerevan and warned that they
risk unspecified legal action if they continue to convene protest
demonstrations in Yerevan without obtaining official permission in
advance, RFE/RL's Yerevan bureau reported. Parliament deputy Aramayis
Berseghian told RFE/RL that the opposition leaders refused to sign an
official statement acknowledging receipt of that warning. Meanwhile, the
Armenian Justice Ministry gave the number of persons detained for
participating in unauthorized demonstrations between 17-25 March as 132,
of whom 69 have been sentenced to short jail terms, and the remainder
fined and released. LF
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