Comments on: Opposition Women’s Group Stages Rally http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/21/opposition-womens-group-stages-rally/ News, Photography, Blogs & Analysis Wed, 23 May 2012 13:17:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Armenia & the South Caucasus | The Caucasian Knot » Blog Archive » Hovannisian Dialogue Bid Fails, Opposition Protest Denied http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/21/opposition-womens-group-stages-rally/#comment-7061 Armenia & the South Caucasus | The Caucasian Knot » Blog Archive » Hovannisian Dialogue Bid Fails, Opposition Protest Denied Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:32:05 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=665#comment-7061 [...] election, it seems unwise to risk the same happening again. Moreover, permission for the Women for Peace meeting on 19 April had been given on the basis that it was being held to discuss Russian-Armenian relations in the [...] […] election, it seems unwise to risk the same happening again. Moreover, permission for the Women for Peace meeting on 19 April had been given on the basis that it was being held to discuss Russian-Armenian relations in the […]

]]> By: Armenia & the South Caucasus | The Caucasian Knot » Blog Archive » Armenian Women: Political Exploitation? http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/21/opposition-womens-group-stages-rally/#comment-6993 Armenia & the South Caucasus | The Caucasian Knot » Blog Archive » Armenian Women: Political Exploitation? Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:17:35 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=665#comment-6993 [...] says that while he supports the idea of a woman’s movement in Armenia, he is concerned by Saturday’s rally staged by female supporters of former president, Levon Ter-Petrossian, in support of detained opposition activists. The blog [...] […] says that while he supports the idea of a woman’s movement in Armenia, he is concerned by Saturday’s rally staged by female supporters of former president, Levon Ter-Petrossian, in support of detained opposition activists. The blog […]

]]> By: Onnik http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/21/opposition-womens-group-stages-rally/#comment-6976 Onnik Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:50:15 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=665#comment-6976 Armenia Now has also posted a story on Saturday's demonstration: <blockquote> Public Appeal: Women lead first rally after March 1 clampdown on assembly Armenia’s opposition on Saturday was allowed to stage their first public rally in weeks – two days after a Council of Europe body released harsh criticism of the country’s authorities for their post-election crackdown. A few thousand people who turned out for the rally organized by a nongovernmental organization, Women for Peace in Yerevan’s Children’s Park, heard speakers saying the opposition would continue their struggle. Those rallying, many of whom were women and supporters of jailed oppositionists, demanded that the authorities admit to the presence of more than 130 political prisoners in Armenia and release them. The April 19 gathering was the opposition’s first public event to be sanctioned by the Yerevan municipality since the March 1 police restrictions and last Thursday’s resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) that in particular called for the revocation of the amendments to the law on conducting meetings, assemblies, rallies and demonstrations. [...]</blockquote> http://www.armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=2985&CID=2917&lng=eng&IID=1183 Armenia Now has also posted a story on Saturday’s demonstration:

Public Appeal: Women lead first rally after March 1 clampdown on assembly

Armenia’s opposition on Saturday was allowed to stage their first public rally in weeks – two days after a Council of Europe body released harsh criticism of the country’s authorities for their post-election crackdown.

A few thousand people who turned out for the rally organized by a nongovernmental organization, Women for Peace in Yerevan’s Children’s Park, heard speakers saying the opposition would continue their struggle. Those rallying, many of whom were women and supporters of jailed oppositionists, demanded that the authorities admit to the presence of more than 130 political prisoners in Armenia and release them.

The April 19 gathering was the opposition’s first public event to be sanctioned by the Yerevan municipality since the March 1 police restrictions and last Thursday’s resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) that in particular called for the revocation of the amendments to the law on conducting meetings, assemblies, rallies and demonstrations.

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http://www.armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=2985&CID=2917&lng=eng&IID=1183

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