Armenian opposition leader released from custody – prosecutors

Interfax News Agency, Russia
April 18 2008

YEREVAN April 18 — A member of Armenia’s opposition party Respublika
Suren Sureniants has been released from custody over health concerns,
Sona Truzian, spokesperson for the Armenian Prosecutor General’s
Office, told Interfax on Friday.

Prosecutor General Agvan Ovsepian ordered Sureniants’s release with
travel restrictions over concerns for his health, she said.

Five Armenian parliamentary deputies earlier asked Ovsepian to free
Sureniants.

Sureniants was arrested on February 25 on charges of organizing illegal
rallies and mass disturbances, and attempting to usurp power. He went
on a hunger strike after the arrest.