PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION DEMANDS RELEASE OF ARRESTED DEPUTIES ON BAIL

Interfax
April 21 2008
Russia

The opposition Heritage faction in the Armenian parliament has urged
Armenian Prosecutor General Agvan Ovsepyan to release arrested deputies
on bail.

In a letter to the prosecutor general, the faction asks him to release
on bail deputies Akop Akopyan, Myasnik Malkhasyan and Sasun Mikaelyan,
who were arrested on charges of organizing mass riots in Yerevan on
March 1 and usurping state power, Heritage member Stepan Safaryan
told Interfax on Monday.

Another defendant, Khachatur Sukiasyan, is currently in hiding.

The letter will be handed to the prosecutor general on April 22,
Safaryan said.

Ten people were killed and more 250 sustained injuries during the
riots.