New York-based Human Rights Watch said it had also documented cases of police abuse of those detained during the clashes, including beatings, threats and refusals to provide legal representation.
The group urged Armenian authorities to prosecute both individual police officers and those who ordered the use of excessive force.
"While the Armenian authorities have investigated, prosecuted and convicted dozens of opposition members, sometimes in flawed and politically motivated trials...they have not prosecuted a single representative of the law enforcement agencies for excessive use of force," the group said in a statement.
Thousands of supporters of former Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosian rallied for 11 days to denounce President Serzh Sarkisian's victory in last February's election, before street battles broke out with riot police.
Two police officers and eight civilians were killed in the clashes and dozens more were injured, many from gunshot wounds. Ter-Petrosian had finished second in the vote.
Armenia has seen repeated political violence and post-election protests since gaining independence with the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991.
AFP
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