14:15, February 25, 2013
Hundreds of students at Yerevan State University did not attend classes today to protest what organizers call the "rigged" February 18 presidential election in Armenia.
Norayr Hovhannisyan, a history student, stated, "We are against the fraudulent election and do not recognize the official vote results."
Some of the striking students held aloft placards reading "Free and Independent Students", "Strike", and "Unity".
Some of the students said that department heads had warned then not to participate in the strike, even threatening them about possible negative ramifications.
One name that repeated as a university official exerting pressure was Geography and Geology Department Head Marat Grigoryan.
He denied the charges, saying that never forced his political views on the students.
Armenian News
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