Protesters clash with police outside OSCE Office in Yerevan

An incident reportedly occurred between police officers and ordinary citizens who had grouped outside the OSCE Office in Yerevan to express their discontent with the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission.

The police are elbowing and pushing the crowd of people and media representatives away from the OSCE Office.

The policemen reportedly exceed in number the protesters who had come to show yellow and red cards to the international observers.

"Shame on you!" the crowd is vociferating.

The OSCE/ODIHR observer mission in their preliminary conclusions said that the February 18 presidential elections in Armenia were generally well administered and characterized by a respect for fundamental freedoms, including those of assembly and expression. In general, election day was calm and orderly and it was marked by undue - that in general, it was marked by a calm process.

The police also banned A1+'s cameraman from filming the incident. One of the participants of the protest action, Nvard Avetisyan, told A1+ that she had called the police to express her complaint with the election results but she was told that everything was legitimate.

Source Publication: a1plus.am
Source: http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2013/02/22/osce

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