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The actions in memory of the victims in Armenia
On April 9 40 days have passed since the violent dispersal of the demonstrations in Yerevan, organized to protest against the disputable results of elections in Armenia. During this dispersal at least 8 persons were killed and several hundreds wounded. Besides, an unknown number of people were imprisoned.
On this very day, when the Orthodox believers usually commemorate their dead, the new president Serzh Sargisyan, who sanctioned the violence, had his inauguration. Up to the moment no actions were made to investigate crimes, many people are still arrested and the situation in general has not been cleared yet.
On this date, which coincided with the International Day of Youth Actions for Human Rights, actions of protest and memory were organized in three countries C Armenia, Russia and Ukraine.
8 actions in memory of the victims took place in Yerevan at 1 p.m. The actions were organized before the Constitutional Court of Armenia, the Public Prosecutor's office, offices of the Central Election Committee, the OSCE, the EU Delegation, the U.S. Embassy, Russian Embassy and French Embassy. Photos from the action are available at: http://bekaisa.livejournal.com/411820.html, http://picasaweb.google.ru/angry.root/April92008. Video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl4PCIEYJ30.
In Moscow, an action took place near the Armenian Embassy since 3 till 5 p.m.
In Kyiv the action in memory of the victims took place in Kiev near the Armenian Embassy. The picket was organized by the representatives of the World Youth Movement for Democracy and was supported by the Armenian human rights defenders and members of the Youth Human Rights Movement C Ukraine.
The participants didn't make any political demands. They held only white linen with black ribbons, carnations and candles. "We have nothing to say, everything was said. We don't understand what can be celebrated today", - says Anastasia Nikitina, the member of the WYMD Working Committee and the YHRM participant. Young people laid wreathes. In general about 30 persons from such countries as Armenia, Serbia, Great Britain, Belarus, Georgia, Norway, USA, Russia and Ukraine took part in the action.
The participants distributed leaflets in English, Russian and Ukrainian: "What is being celebrated, Serzh?" C was written on them C "40 days ago in Yerevan 8 people were killed, more then 100 were arrested to inaugurate 1 president today".
Photos from the action available at: http://picasaweb.google.com/dimopot/ArmenianEmbassy.
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