Armenia: Intimidation & Harassment

Posted 6 December 2007 21:01 GMT

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Topics	Freedom of Speech, Elections, Protest, Politics

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Nazarian comments on news that posters advertising former president Levon Ter Petrosian's Saturday rally have been confiscated by the authorities. The blogger concludes that such a move is a continuation of a policy of the intimidation and harassment of opposition activists and supporters ahead of next year's presidential election.

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