On the evening of September 9, the police brutally dispersed and took into custody a group of women participating in a hunger strike, which had been properly registered with the Yerevan Mayor’s Office.

Since the tragic events of March 1 and imposition of a state of emergency the acting regime has roughly violated human rights and rejected over 70 notifications for opposition’s rallies. But even in the given conditions we did not give up.

Vazgen Sarkissian’s brother Armen Sarkissian was granted parole today, member of Hanrapetutiun's political board Suren Sureniants informed A1+.

Northern Avenue was strangely calm today. It seems yesterday’s incident between the police and protesters didn’t even take place.

Based on the examination of the substantiation of the RA new draft law On Making Amendments to the RA Law on Television and Radio, presented to the NA discussion on the initiative of the RA government, it follows that the Draft adoption is untimely and, taking into consideration the volume and significance of the regulation subject, needs a policy to be worked out and passed, stipulated by the RA law On Legal Acts (Article 27.)

Speaker of the National Assembly Tigran Torossian signed a decree on convening a special sitting at 6:30 p.m. September 10, under Article 70 of the RoA Constitution.

Coordinator of the Foreign Relations of the Armenian National Congress, Vladimir Karapetian, was taken to the police station from Northern Avenue yesterday night. He was released in half an hour.

Today the Zharangutiun (Heritage) Party took a 20-minute break before the National Assembly considered the amendments to the Law on “Television and Radio.”

On September 9 six citizens went on a hunger-strike on Northern Avenue demanding the release of the political prisoners. At about 10 p.m. the police illegally clamped down on the people gathered in the avenue and took the protestors to the police station. Vladimir Karapetian, Coordinator of Foreign Relations of the Armenian National Congress, was among the strikers.

“The state of 32-year-old Mher Kerobian stabbed during yesterday’s skirmish in Arabkir district is satisfactory,” says Dr. Gor Melikian. Today Kerobian was taken from the Resuscitation to the Operating Department.

The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia began its sitting with the national anthem on September 8. A hundred and seven MPs were present at the sitting.

Today, on Raffi Hovannisian's motion, the Heritage Party's parliamentary group unanimously elected MP Armen Martirosyan as its new chairman. "Armen is a promising, young leader and I am sure he will stand Heritage and its mission in good stead," Hovannisian said.

On Sunday, September 7, local elections were held at the districts of Arabkir, Kanaker-Zeitun, Erebuni and Nubarashen. According to the Central Election Commission businessman Albert Yeritsian was elected district head of Arabkir getting 16591 votes.

Manuel Gasparian who runs for a district head of Qanaker-Zeitun district gave a press conference today in connection with a recent intrusion into his central pre-election office reported earlier in the day.

The Prosecutor General had unexpected “guests” today. As usual the wives of the political prisoners gathered here to inquire about their spouses. They gave a letter to the Prosecutor General with a demand to release the political prisoners although they are convinced that their calls will be left unaddressed.

We would like you to comment on the recent steps of Serzh Sarkissian and the ARF Dashnaktsutiun with regard to Abdullah Gul’s visit: Serzh Sarkissian invites Gul to Yerevan while the ARF Dashnaktsutyun plans a protest action on the day of Gul’s arrival.

Yesterday over twenty political prisoners of Armenia appealed to residents of Qanaqer-Zeitun to vote for Manuk Gasparian running in the election to a district head due on September 7. Today they appealed voters of Qanaqer-Zeitun to support Zharangutiun’s candidate Zoya Tadevossian.

The central pre-election office of Manuel Gasparian located at 3 Adonts was set on fire this morning. Manuel Gasparian runs in the election of a district head of Yerevan's Qanaqer-Zeitun commune.

“If it’s permitted to make a rally against the President, it means it’s also permitted to make a rally against President’s guest as long as those rallies are within civilized manners,” Kiro Manoyan, Head of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun office of Hay Dat and Political Affairs announced today.

An interview with former political prisoner Vardan Harutiunian, a member of the Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners.

Armenia will chair the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). RA Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandian has already left for Moscow to take part in the session of the CSTO.

Turkey has officially confirmed that President Abdullah Gull will visit Yerevan in response to Armenia's President Serzh Sarkissian’s invitation to watch the Armenia-Turkey football match.

There was a moment when the Armenian leadership tried to follow an ostrich's policy. When the situation tensed in the region our authorities were enjoying their holiday in Beijing,” representative of the Armenian National Congress Levon Zurabian said to A1+.

Today RA First President Levon Ter-Petrosian called a conference to declare three documents, which ground that RA authorities “won” in elections on February 19 by complete delinquency.