Human Rights Watch (HRW), a respected New York-based watchdog, urged the Armenian authorities on Thursday to release five leading members of a radical opposition group campaigning for regime change in Armenia.
In a letter to Prosecutor-General Gevorg Kostanian, HRW said Zhirayr Sefilian, the top leader of the Founding Parliament movement, and his four associates were arrested on April 7 because of their "peaceful political beliefs."
"Given Founding Parliament's nonviolent views and in the absence of a lawful and credible basis for detention, we believe that the men should be freed, pending investigation," read the letter signed by Hugh Williamson, the HRW director for Europe and Central Asia, and his deputy Rachel Denber.
Armenian News
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