Breath of March 1, 5 years later ...

Tigran Khachatryan, Zakar Hovhannisyan, Gor Kloyan, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Grigor Gevorgyan, David Petrosyan, Armen Farmanyan, Samvel Harutyunyan, Tigran Abgaryan, Hamlet Tadevosyan- theses citizens died in Yerevan's centre on March 1, 2008. 

Today marks the 5th anniversary of the tragic events that took place in the center of Yerevan.

After February 19, 2008 presidential elections headed by officially defeated opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan protest began. The opposition protested official results of the elections, demanding new elections.

After nine days of peaceful protests at the Opera Square, the national police and military forces tried to disperse the protesters on 1 March. The protests began on February 20, lasted for 10 days in Yerevan's Freedom Square, and involved tens of thousands of demonstrators during the day and hundreds camping out overnight.

Despite the urges of the government to stop the demonstrations, the protests continued until March 1. On the morning of March 1, police and army units dispersed the 700-1,000 persons who remained overnight, beating them with truncheons and electric-shock devices. As of March 4, many protesters are still missing.

5 years have passed since that, but the murder of 10 victims have not been yet disclosed and the guilty are not known.

Although authorities often claim that the page of March is closed, however, the opposition and the relatives of the victims say that as yet the murder is not revealed and the gulty people are not punished, that page can not be considered closed.

To note that the ANC and "Heritage" have rendered their tribute to the 10 innocent victims at Myasnikyan monument.