[ last updated 18:37 ] Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian pledged late Tuesday to continue to challenge the official results of Armenia’s disputed presidential election but made it clear that he will not hold unsanctioned demonstrations anytime soon.
[ last updated 18:38 ] A senior U.S. official has condemned as “harsh and brutal” the Armenian government’s post-election crackdown on the opposition and expressed serious concern about the continuing mass arrests of supporters of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian.