Sasun Mikaelian is undergoing operation
Sasun Mikaelian, one of the few opposition leaders remaining in jail, is undergoing an operation today.
The operation started minutes ago and will last 4-5 hours, Sasun's relatives told A1+.
Sasun Mikaelian, commander of the Sasun detachment, is being operated on in the Armenia Medical Center where he was transferred two weeks ago from the Hospital for Convicts.
The prominent oppositionist, who was stripped of his parliament mandate in October, was diagnosed with serious respiratory problems that have adversely affected his heart.
Like several other prominent allies of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian, Mikaelian was convicted in June of organizing "mass disturbances" in the wake of the February 2008 presidential election. He was also found guilty of illegal arms possession. The resulting eight-year sentence disqualified him from a general amnesty that led to the release of some 30 opposition members and supporters.
On September 12 the former parliamentarian was taken to the "Hospital for Convicts" with problems of respiratory tract and high blood pressure. Besides, has complained of more than 60 pieces of shrapnel in his body received during the Karabakh war.
