“In 2008 Armenia had the deepest political and civic rights crisis since independence,” writes the Human Rights Watch report published recently. “International experts believe that on March 1 the security forces applied disproportional power toward the citizens appealing the outcome of the presidential election. The state of emergency declared following the events of March 1 temporarily limited a number of human rights. Both of these activities have been widely criticized by the international community,” writes the report of the human rights organization.
