U.S. DOUBTS INTEGRITY OF SERZH SARGSYAN’S ELECTION
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Politics – Friday, 28 February 2014, 13:56
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The U.S. Embassy has published its annual country reports on the state
of human rights. Armenia report states violations of human rights,
torture and other cruel and humiliating treatment in police, as well
as electoral fraud in the presidential election of February 2013.
The report of the Department of State notes that citizens complain
of intimidation and torture in police stations.
Corruption issues are highlighted despite some measures taken to
fight corruption in the middle and low levels.
In the section on the presidential election the use of administrative
resource and a lack of impartiality by the public administration are
noted. The report also states that the international observers assessed
the election as overall fair though, nevertheless, interesting things
were noticed. In particular, it is noted that in places where turnout
was high, the incumbent’s results were high too, which is indicates
serious problems with counting, raising concerns about the integrity
of the electoral process.
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