| D Ghost |
07-02-2008 12:07 PM |
Mongolian president declares state of emergency as people protest rigged elections
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ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AFP) ? Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar declared Tuesday a four-day state of emergency as protestors went on the rampage in the capital claiming that weekend elections were rigged.
"From 11:30 pm (1530 GMT) on Tuesday there will be a four-day state of emergency," said a presidential decree read out on state television.
The decree warned that anyone caught on the streets after the 10:00 pm curfew without documentation would be arrested. Public gatherings and independent media broadcasts were also banned.
The action came after thousands of people took to the streets of the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator on Tuesday to voice their outrage at weekend elections they claim were rigged.
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I don't see anything like this happening here when our elections are rigged. People are too afraid of the government here. Because if they did protest like that, the same martial law would be implemented.
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