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Over 100.000 signatures collected to bring an action against Robert Kocharian

07 August 2008 14:56 (UTC +04:00)

Yerevan-APA. Over 100.000 signatures have been collected to bring an action against former Armenian President Robert Kocharian at the International Criminal Court of the Hague, APA reports quoting Armenian news.
Representative of the Popular Movement, David Shahnazarian stated that campaign on collecting signatures continued. He noted that Prosecutor could raise suit basing on appeals of countries, which signed Rome statute on establishment of the court, UN Security Council member countries, as well as any citizen and public organization. To him, last version will be selected on Robert and special statement and collected signatures will be presented to Armenian Prosecutorâ€™s Office.
Opposition blamed Kocharian for blood actions committed in Yerevan on March 1, 2008 and started campaign on collecting signatures to bring an action against him on July 14.