The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, condemned the use of force against peaceful demonstrators in Yerevan today.

Levon Zurabyan, Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s former press secretary, called the demonstrators in front of the French Embassy not to leave. “Dear nation, I have just met Levon Ter-Petrosyan. We will stand here and not go anywhere until he tells us what to do”, said Zurabyan.

“When I heard that people were severely beaten in the Liberty Square, I hurried to Mashtots Avenue together with my husband and child and witnessed the violations”, tells Edita Dolunts

We have just received information that a police car UAZ69 coming from the direction of “Ararat” wine factory went into the demonstrators gathered in front of the French Embassy.

To our supporters, like-minded persons and to the citizens who are no indifferent. The gathering is taking place in the neighboring territory of the French Embassy. Everyone ahead to the neighboring territory of the French Embassy.

"I am very concerned about reports of injuries during the security forces operation to disperse protesters in Yerevan this morning. If these reports are confirmed, all allegations of excessive force should be properly investigated. It is also vital to prevent any further violence.

Levon Ter-Petrosyan remained in the Liberty Square long, and today under the home arrest he conducted a press conference and many international journalists participated in it. The RA First President tells about the incident in detail.

At 10.30 a.m. people who were made out of the Liberty Square at dawn, relatives of detained and missing people, as well as ordinary citizens, who did not participate in the strike but were beaten by special police groups, gathered in front of the French Embassy in Yerevan.

The RA Human Rights Defender Armen Harutyunyan negotiated with the police and told the people in front of the French Embassy and Yerevan Municipality that the police would allow them join other demonstrators and together with them move to the sport complex after Vazgen Manukyan and hold a rally there.

When the police surrounded Khachatur Sukiasyan’s house and began searching it, people gathered in front of Sukiasyan’s house and exclaimed “Levon President”, “Victory”.

Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s pre-election headquarter has just disseminated the preliminary list of the detained people who have be detained.

On March 1st 2008, at 6:45 AM police troops armed with batons, shields and electroshocks without any notification attacked about four thousand peaceful protestors in the Liberty Square, Yerevan.

A group of policemen assaulted on the people on sit-down strike in the Liberty Square today at 6.20 a.m.. Policemen with truncheons assaulted from the North Avenue, but receiving corresponding respond from the demonstrators they withdrew. But at about 6.45 a.m. some groups of policemen again assaulted on the people and beat them severely.

Early in the morning the beaten demonstrators as well as other citizens gathered in front of the French Embassy in Yerevan. Other citizens who had organized a march also joined them. The demonstrators will stay here until 15.00 p.m., and then they will hold a rally.

The Armenian presidential elections, held on February 19, 2008, became the culmination point for the most severe violations of the law that were ever committed throughout the tenure of today's authorities and, within the short track record of our independent statehood, they turned into a new and a deep sore inside the souls of the country's freedom-loving people.

Today Levon Ter-Petrossian mounted the platform with his granddaughter to answer reporters' question on the shameful news of the day according to which a person got some trifling position (he meant OYP Leader Arthur Baghdasarian).

Today’s march differed from the previous ones. It was led by women at the head of Lyudmila Sargsian, member of the Social Democratic Henchak Party.

Addressing today’s rally at Liberty Square Levon Ter-Petrossian underlined that the popular movement has reached an important haven, and the local factor has turned into an international factor. The movement has acquired a trajectory which is already a model for the people of other countries, how people can come together and oppose to the totalitarian and bandit regimes and remove them from the country.

Nikol Pashinian, member of the “Alternative” Public-Political Initiative presided over today’s rally at Liberty Square. The latter informed the ralliers of a political agreement signed between OYP Leader Arthur Baghdasarian and HHK Leader Serzh Sarkissian earlier today.

On February 29 about 2000 citizens of Vanadzor went on protest against election fraud and injustice during the presidential election in 2008. The rally was organized by the Vanadzor office of Helsinki Civil Assembly which had observed the election and during the rally revealed the violations and irregularities observed during the voting and the actions taken by the relevant agencies. Members of parliament...

A series of unwarranted arrests were made in Armenia at the post-election period. All detainees are either affiliated with opposition parties or relatives, acquaintances and friends of oppositionists.

Armenian MP Hakob Hakobian's house was locked at about 1.30 p.m. today. People crowded in the street told A1+ that more than 20 policemen had visited the Hokobians. They rummaged the house for a few hours but in vain.

Today Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sarkissian hosted Orinats Yerkir Party Leader, former presidential candidate Arthur Baghdasarian. Immediately after the meeting the parties signed a memorandum of political cooperation.

Presidential candidate Serzh Sarkissian and leader of the Orinats Yerkir Party Arthur Baghdasarian signed an agreement on political cooperation today. “The presidential election held on February 19, 2008 was of landmark importance to our country.