OPPOSITION FIGURE RELEASED IN ARMENIA
Interfax
Dec 11 2008
Russia
Vardan Malkhasian, a member of the Unity of Armenian Volunteers NGO
and a prominent figure in the Fatherland and Honor opposition party,
was released on Wednesday after two years of confinement.
The Armenian media report that after release Malkhasian said addressing
his supporters: "We will soon defeat the criminal regime and will give
long-awaited freedom to our political prisoners and our entire nation."
Malkhasian was arrested on December 9, 2006 on charges of public
calls for overthrowing the government.
His arrest was prompted by his speech at a congress of the Unity of
Armenian Volunteers several days earlier.