Citing intensifying government efforts to
stifle dissent, a major U.S. human rights
organization has downgraded Armenia to the
ranks of 68 mainly Asian and African nations
where it believes mass media are "not
free."
New Parliament To Be
Elected Amid Lingering Political Tensions
Political
analysis by Emil Danielyan
Radio Free Europe/
Radio Liberty www.armenialiberty.org
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, still
reeling from allegations of vote rigging
that marred his recent re-election, has
hardly opted for a conventional way of retaining
control of his country's parliament. Unlike
many other post-Soviet leaders, he has no
party of his own and has never tried to
establish one throughout his five-year presidency.
An attorney from Azerbaijan who visited
Nagorno Karabakh President Arkady Ghukasyan
last week returned to Baku to find that
his office had been vandalized.
May Day was yesterday. Time to haul out the icons of the
past and remember "the good old days".
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