Epress.am News from Armenia
Former National Assembly deputy and imprisoned oppositionist Sasun Mikaelyan has stepped outside the Hospital for Detainees of the RA Ministry of Justice in Yerevan, reported the Epress.am correspondent on the scene around 4:25 pm today.
He is seen outside the building, but is still behind the gates. He is expected to actually leave the premises shortly.
As reported earlier, Mikaelyan’s friends and family, as well as members of the opposition bloc the Armenian National Congress (HAK), are gathered outside the hospital in anticipation.
Mikaelyan is a number of those imprisoned who have been granted amnesty under a new bill approved by parliament yesterday.
Updated: 4:39 pm: Sasun Mikaelyan now officially released. Those gathered outside the Hospital for Detainees of the RA Ministry of Justice cheered. He is surrounded by his family, friends and Armenian National Congress activists.