Five leading members of a radical Armenian opposition group were released from custody on Monday almost one month after being arrested on controversial charges stemming from its efforts to topple President Serzh Sarkisian.
Zhirayr Sefilian, the top leader of the Founding Parliament movement, and his four associates were set free after signing a written pledge not to leave Yerevan for the duration of an ongoing investigation into "mass disturbances" allegedly planned by them.
Law-enforcement authorities claim that they plotted to provoke street violence in the capital during the April 24 commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey. Founding Parliament had scheduled the start of its campaign for regime change in Armenia for that day.
Armenian News
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