FILE- In this file photo dated Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008, Armenia’s President Robert Kocharian talks to the media at a polling station in Yerevan, Armenia. A court in Armenia has freed the country’s former president from jail as his trial continues on charges connected to a deadly police crackdown on a demonstration a decade ago. (Misha Japaridze, File/Associated Press)YEREVAN, Armenia — A court in Armenia has freed the country’s former president from jail as his trial continues on charges connected to a deadly police crackdown on a demonstration a decade ago. The decision Saturday to release Robert Kocharian from custody brought hundreds of protesters into the center of Yerevan, the capital. The court released Kocharian under a personal guarantee from the head of the Armenian separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.

Source: Washington Post May 18, 2019 15:42 UTC