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A series of anti-government riots took place in Armenia following presidential elections held on 19 February 2008. Protests broke out in the Armenian capital Yerevan, organized by supporters of presidential candidate and former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and other opposition leaders. The events of 1 March 2008 are simply referred to as Marti mek (Armenian: Մարտի մեկ "March First") in Armenia.

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  • A series of anti-government riots took place in Armenia following presidential elections held on 19 February 2008. Protests broke out in the Armenian capital Yerevan, organized by supporters of presidential candidate and former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and other opposition leaders. The protests began on 20 February, lasted for 10 days in Yerevan's Freedom Square, and involved tens of thousands of demonstrators during the day and hundreds camping out overnight. Despite the urges of the government to stop the demonstrations, the protests continued until 1 March. After nine days of peaceful protests at Freedom Square, the national police and military forces tried to disperse the protesters on 1 March. On the morning of 1 March, police and army units dispersed the 700 to 1,000 protesters who remained overnight, beating them with truncheons and electric-shock devices. As a result, 10 people were killed. As of 4 March, many protesters were still missing. On 1 March, Ter-Petrosyan was placed under de facto house arrest. At noon on 1 March, a crowd of at least 10,000 protesters held a rally in front of the French embassy in Yerevan. Police officers pulled away from the area by 4 pm, as they were overwhelmed by the growing number of demonstrators. Activists then used abandoned police buses to set up barricades. In the evening, clashes broke out between riot police and about 2,000 protesters who barricaded themselves at Miasnikyan Square. At around 10 pm, President Robert Kocharyan, with the approval of the Armenian parliament, declared a 20-day state of emergency, banning future demonstrations and censoring the media from broadcasting any political news except those issued by official state press releases. Kocharian justified the decision on the grounds that a minority of demonstrators looted a nearby grocery store on Mashtots Avenue and set fire to a handful of police vehicles and buses Opposition leaders say that the looters had nothing to do with the demonstration, and that they were led by agent provocateurs. With the state of emergency in effect, at around 4:00 on 2 March, Levon Ter-Petrosyan asked the protesters near the French Embassy to go home, thus ending the protests. The events of 1 March 2008 are simply referred to as Marti mek (Armenian: Մարտի մեկ "March First") in Armenia. (en)
  • Als Proteste in Armenien 2008 bezeichnet man die tagelangen Massenkundgebungen in der Hauptstadt Jerewan vom 20. Februar bis zum 2. März 2008 gegen die mutmaßliche Fälschung der Präsidentschaftswahlergebnisse. Der wichtigste Schauplatz der Demonstrationen, an denen sich Hunderttausende von Menschen beteiligten, war der Platz der Freiheit von Jerewan. Der unterlegene Präsidentschaftskandidat Lewon Ter-Petrosjan und seine Anhänger warfen den Regierungsbehörden einen flächendeckenden Wahlbetrug vor und verlangten eine erneute Auszählung der Stimmen. Die zu Beginn weitgehend friedlich und gewaltfrei verlaufenen Kundgebungen uferten am 1. März mit hartem Durchgriff der Polizei und Armeeeinheiten zu schweren Krawallen und Straßenschlachten aus. In der Folge kamen 10 Personen, darunter 2 Polizisten ums Leben. Wegen der übermäßigen Gewaltanwendung gegen die Demonstranten verurteilte Human Rights Watch die armenische Regierung scharf und forderte diese auf, ein schnelles und unabhängiges Ermittlungsverfahren zur Feststellung der tatsächlichen Geschehnisse einzuleiten. (de)
  • События 1 марта — серия антиправительственных беспорядков, состоявшихся в Армении после президентских выборов 19 февраля 2008 года. Массовые беспорядки, были проведены в столице страны Ереване и организованы сторонниками кандидата в президенты и первого президента Армении Левона Тер-Петросяна и другими оппозиционными лидерами, с целью насильственного захвата власти. (ru)
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  • Alleged electoral fraud (en)
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  • New elections (en)
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  • Yerevan, Armenia (en)
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  • Opposition parties * HHSh * HZhK * Heritage * Hanrapetutyun * Impeachment Union ---- *Yerkrapah (en)
  • Armenian government * Police * National Security Service * Armed Forces Pro-government parties: * Republican Party * Prosperous Armenia * ARF * Rule of Law (en)
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  • События 1 марта — серия антиправительственных беспорядков, состоявшихся в Армении после президентских выборов 19 февраля 2008 года. Массовые беспорядки, были проведены в столице страны Ереване и организованы сторонниками кандидата в президенты и первого президента Армении Левона Тер-Петросяна и другими оппозиционными лидерами, с целью насильственного захвата власти. (ru)
  • A series of anti-government riots took place in Armenia following presidential elections held on 19 February 2008. Protests broke out in the Armenian capital Yerevan, organized by supporters of presidential candidate and former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and other opposition leaders. The events of 1 March 2008 are simply referred to as Marti mek (Armenian: Մարտի մեկ "March First") in Armenia. (en)
  • Als Proteste in Armenien 2008 bezeichnet man die tagelangen Massenkundgebungen in der Hauptstadt Jerewan vom 20. Februar bis zum 2. März 2008 gegen die mutmaßliche Fälschung der Präsidentschaftswahlergebnisse. Der wichtigste Schauplatz der Demonstrationen, an denen sich Hunderttausende von Menschen beteiligten, war der Platz der Freiheit von Jerewan. Der unterlegene Präsidentschaftskandidat Lewon Ter-Petrosjan und seine Anhänger warfen den Regierungsbehörden einen flächendeckenden Wahlbetrug vor und verlangten eine erneute Auszählung der Stimmen. Die zu Beginn weitgehend friedlich und gewaltfrei verlaufenen Kundgebungen uferten am 1. März mit hartem Durchgriff der Polizei und Armeeeinheiten zu schweren Krawallen und Straßenschlachten aus. In der Folge kamen 10 Personen, darunter 2 Polizist (de)
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  • Proteste in Armenien 2008 (de)
  • 2008 Armenian presidential election protests (en)
  • Протесты в Армении (2008) (ru)
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