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15 September 2009 - 11:09 AMT

Dashnaktsutyun declares hunger-strike in Yerevan

Members of ARF-Dashnaktsutyun have started a hunger strike near Foreign Ministry building, as a sign of protest against Armenian-Turkish Protocols on Normalization of Bilateral Ties. Out of 100 protesters who have gathered near Foreign Ministry building. 24 have already gone on hunger strike. Protest meeting was also attended by representatives of Dashnaktrutyun’s youth wing.

An hour earlier, ARFD parliamentary faction’s 16 members quit Parliament’s session hall and headed for Republican Square to participate in protest action.