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OPPOSITION PARTY IN ARMENIA PLEADS FOR RELEASE OF ANOTHER TWO MEMBERS ON BAIL
Interfax, Russia
April 23 2008
Heritage, an opposition party in Armenia, has sent a letter to the
country's Prosecutor General Agvan Ovsepyan requesting the release
on bail of leading member of the opposition Republican Party Smbat
Aivazyan and deputy director of the Institute for Ancient Manuscripts
Arshak Banuchyan, Interfax was told at the press service of the
party's parliamentary faction.
On Monday, Heritage sent a letter to the Grosecutor General requesting
the release on bail of earlier arrested MPs Akop Akopyan, Myasnik
Malkhasyan and Asaun Mikaelyan.
The MPs were detained after the March 1 unrest that pitted opposition
protesters against police and troops, leaving ten dead and over
250 wounded.
On March 4, the prosecutor general requested permission to arrest
MPs Akopyan, Malkhasyan, Mikaelyan and Khaschatur Sukiasyan. Three
deputies were arrested and charged with organizing massive rioting
on March 1 and trying to usurp power. Sukiasyan is on the run.
Interfax, Russia
April 23 2008
Heritage, an opposition party in Armenia, has sent a letter to the
country's Prosecutor General Agvan Ovsepyan requesting the release
on bail of leading member of the opposition Republican Party Smbat
Aivazyan and deputy director of the Institute for Ancient Manuscripts
Arshak Banuchyan, Interfax was told at the press service of the
party's parliamentary faction.
On Monday, Heritage sent a letter to the Grosecutor General requesting
the release on bail of earlier arrested MPs Akop Akopyan, Myasnik
Malkhasyan and Asaun Mikaelyan.
The MPs were detained after the March 1 unrest that pitted opposition
protesters against police and troops, leaving ten dead and over
250 wounded.
On March 4, the prosecutor general requested permission to arrest
MPs Akopyan, Malkhasyan, Mikaelyan and Khaschatur Sukiasyan. Three
deputies were arrested and charged with organizing massive rioting
on March 1 and trying to usurp power. Sukiasyan is on the run.