Britain Promotes High Youth Turnout In Armenian Referendum

22 November 2005

The British embassy in Yerevan sponsored on Monday a rock concert which it said
is aimed at encouraging young Armenians to take part in this week's
constitutional referendum.


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Assembly President calls on Armenians to vote in Constitutional referendum

22 November 2005

The President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, René van der
Linden, has appealed to all Armenian citizens to participate in the forthcoming
Constitutional referendum on 27 November.


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Ex-FM Hovannisian Joins Referendum Boycott Calls

21 November 2005

Former Foreign Minister Raffi Hovannisian on Monday added his voice to
opposition calls for a popular boycott of the upcoming referendum and urged
“civil disobedience” in the face of what he described as a government plan to
rig the vote.


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Death by Demolition: Brain Hemorrhage Kills Buzand Resident after Home is
Wrecked

17 November 2005

Losing her home, Lilia Ghazaryan lost her life.

Hundreds of residents on Buzand Street, Lilia’s street, are being displaced by
oligarch-enforced urban renewal. Lilia’s turn came November 4.

On that afternoon Lilia came home after several hours away and found that court
bailiffs had taken her belongings, and the steps to Buzand No. 9 were already
demolished.


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Ombudsman Called Upon State Bodies to Respect Human Rights

17 November 2005

Human rights defender Larisa Alaverdyan made a statement calling upon the state
bodies to respect human rights. “The Yerevan facilities construction program
bases upon anti-constitutional acts pregnant with undesirable consequences that
sometimes led to tragic outcomes...


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Government Delays Fresh Bid To Rein-In Armenian Ombudsperson

17 November 2005

The government has delayed its second attempt to push through a bill that would
restrict the authority of Armenia’s top official charged with protecting human
rights.

The National Assembly agreed on Wednesday to a government request to postpone by
one month debate on relevant draft amendments to Armenia’s law on human rights
ombudsperson...


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