Mikaelyan’s condition deteriorated rapidly
The health condition of the Artsakh war veteran and political prisoner Sasun Mikaelyan has deteriorated rapidly, the Armenian national Congress (HAK) informed A1+.
HAK activist Tigran Arakelyan who was in the same cell with Sasun Mikaelyan for a few months was frightened seeing Mikaelyan's sufferings during sudden heart attacks.
"Yesterday evening Sasun's condition got even worse and they had to send for the doctor on call," Tigran Arakelyan said and added: "Sasun's condition is still critical."
Sasun Mikaelyan is one of the few opposition leaders remaining in jail after the post-election clashes of March 1, 2008.
The prominent oppositionist, who was stripped of his parliament mandate in October, was diagnosed with serious respiratory problems that had adversely affected his heart.
Like several other prominent allies of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian, Mikaelyan 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, he complained of more than 60 pieces of shrapnel in his body received during the Karabakh war.
