The Press Department of Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s Support Center in The United States reports the following:

On February 24th, a protest rally numbering more than 15,000 people took place in the Little Armenia section of Los Angeles. Organizers stated that the primary objectives of the rally were to support the growing popular movement in Armenia, to call on the U.S. State Department not to accept election results in Armenia to continuously monitor developments in Armenia regarding the protection of democratic rights.

 The rally also sought to prompt U.S. officials to publicly condemn the ruling authorities in Armenia for unleashing the use of physical force and illegal arrests and to call for a halt to politically inspired crackdowns.

Speakers at the rally condemned the election process as being  rife with corruption, bribery, physical force and other illegalities. They reiterated that official election results didn’t reflect actual reality and supported Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s demand that the election be declared null and void.

The protest rally also called on the Armenian government to immediately release all political prisoners, halt political witch-hunts and lift the news blackout.

The rally ended on an enthusiastic high note with those in attendance proclaiming their resolve to struggle until their demands were met.