| 2003-2004 Armenian protests | |
| Date: | March 2003 – April 2004 |
| Place: | Yerevan, Armenia |
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| Methods: | demonstrations |
| Side1: | Opposition parties |
| Side2: | Armenian government |
| Leadfigures1: | Stepan Demirchyan Artashes Geghamyan Vazgen Manukyan Ruben Avagyan Aram Sargsyan |
| Leadfigures2: | Robert Kocharyan (President) Andranik Margaryan (PM) Artur Baghdasaryan (Parliament Speaker) Hayk Harutyunyan (Police Chief) |
| Howmany1: | 500+ (9 April 2004) 10,000+ (12 April 2004) |
A series of mass protests were held in Armenia following the 2003 presidential election, led by the former presidential candidate Stepan Demirchyan.
See also: Armenian presidential election, 2003.
Opposition candidate Stepan Demirchyan, who was the official runner-up of that election, was defeated by Robert Kocharyan in the second round. Demirchyan started a protest demanding authority retirement in the Freedom Square, he later started a rally to Presidential Palace, but police blocked the road from the front of National Assembly, after this protesters announced a sit-in, later police attacked protesters to disperse the sit-in.[1] [2]