Several thousand opposition supporters rally in Armenia (AFP)

YEREVAN (AFP) - Several thousand opposition supporters rallied Friday in the Armenian capital Yerevan to call for a series of anti-government protests. Up to 7,000 opposition supporters were seen in the centre of Yerevan by an AFP reporter. Organisers said 50,000 had participated. Protesters called for the results of a February presidential election won by former prime minister Serzh Sarkisian to be annulled, alleging the vote was rigged, and chanted "Levon for president" in reference to opposition leader and former president Levon Ter-Petrosian. "We demand that the authorities release political prisoners, punish those guilty of tragic events on March 1, guarantee freedom of speech, media, assembly," Ter-Petrosian told the crowd. The opposition leader said that his supporters intended a "maximum mobilisation of society to... [read full story]