Sasun Mikaelyan has not recovered
The health condition of commander of Sasun detachment and political prisoner Sasun Mikaelyan has not bettered: he still suffers headaches and high blood pressure, one of Sasun's relatives told A1+.
Sasun Mikaelyan is occasionally taken to other hospitals for examination but "his condition is the same."
Lana Mshetian, a spokeswoman for the RA Ministry of Justice says Sasun Miakelyan is still in the "Hospital for Convicts" penitentiary institution.
"Sasun's condition is stable, he is undergoing treatment," says the MoJ spokeswoman.
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.
A few months ago Sasun Miakelyan had a nasopharynx operation in the "Armenia" Medical Centre.
