2003–2004 Armenian protests

2003-2004 Armenian protests
2003-2004 Armenian protests
Date	March 2003 – April 2004
Location	Yerevan, Armenia
Caused by	alleged electoral fraud during the 2003 presidential election;
Goals	resignation of President Robert Kocharyan; new general elections;
Methods	demonstrations
Resulted in	Protests suppressed by force;
Parties
Opposition parties People's Party; National Unity; National Democratic Union; Unified Armenians; Democratic Party;	Armenian government Police;
Lead figures
	Stepan Demirchyan; Artashes Geghamyan; Vazgen Manukyan; Ruben Avagyan; Aram Sargsyan Robert Kocharyan (President); Andranik Margaryan (PM); Artur Baghdasaryan (Parliament Speaker); Hayk Harutyunyan (Police Chief)
Number
500+ (9 April 2004); 10,000+ (12 April 2004)

The 2003-2004 Armenian protests were a series of demonstrations held in Yerevan following the 2003 Armenian presidential election, led by former presidential candidate Stepan Demirchyan.

Background

Protests

April 12, 2004

Opposition candidate Stepan Demirchyan, who was the official runner-up of that election, was defeated by Robert Kocharyan in the second round. Demirchyan started a protest demanding authority retirement in the Freedom Square, he later started a rally to Presidential Palace, but police blocked the road from the front of National Assembly, after this protesters announced a sit-in, later police attacked protesters to disperse the sit-in.^[1]^[2]

References

[1] «2004 –ի ապրիլի 12 –ը մարտի 1 ի նախերգանքն էր» (տեսանյութ)

[2] PARTICIPANTS OF OPPOSITION MEETING IN YEREVAN MADE FOR STATE HEAD'S RESIDENCE TO DEMAND AUTHORITY RETIREMENT

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2003–2004 Armenian protests

Background

Protests

April 12, 2004

See also

References

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