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CHARGES AGAINST ARMENIAN OPPOSITION ACTIVIST DROPPED
Prosecutors have dropped assault charges brought against Grisha
Virabian, a member of the opposition People's Party of Armenia, for his
role in the peaceful opposition protests in Yerevan in April that were
violently dispersed by police, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reported on 11
September. Virabian was summoned by police in his home village following
the protest and beaten so violently that he required surgery. He was
then charged with assaulting a police officer in retaliation during that
beating (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 11 June 2004). LF

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