ArmInfo.According to the instructions of the Azerbaijani Commissioner for Human Rights Elmira Suleymanova, members of the National Preventive Ombudsman Group, which operates under the optional protocol of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the Constitution Act on the Ombudsman, visited without prior warning Armenian prisoner of war Araik Ghazaryan at the guardhouse of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.
According to APA with reference to the Ombudsman's office, the main purpose of the visit was to familiarize with the conditions of detention and treatment, as well as to monitor the observance of the rights of the Armenian military serviceman Ghazaryan, who so far under unclear circumstances on the morning of August 12, 2019 switched to the Fizuli front line. "During a conversation with Kazaryan, through an interpreter, he said that he had undergone a medical examination, his health condition was normal, he was satisfied with the conditions of detention, treatment and food. Also, Ghazaryan said that his rights were not violated and he had no complaints," they assured Office of the Ombudsman of RA.
It should be noted that the press service of the Artsakh Defense Army distributed a message according to which on August 12, at about 12:00, on the defensive site of one of the military units of the Autonomous Region, deployed in the southeast direction, the soldier Araik Aikovich Ghazaryan born in 2000 . Later, the Azerbaijani media reported with reference to the military department of Azerbaijan that the soldier is with them. Armenian Minister of Defense David Tonoyan expressed confidence that the serviceman was on the Azerbaijani side, as he got lost on the ground.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan disseminated information about the allegedly Armenian soldier leaving his post due to hazing. Light scratches and ordinary scars on Ghazaryan's body are presented as evidence of violence against him. However, the NKR Ministry of Defense denied this information, urging the public not to believe the false accusations of the Azerbaijani side aimed at humiliating the image of the Armenian soldier, and to wait for the ongoing investigation, the results of which will be published.
The Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan also addressed the incident, saying that he had talked with the head of the Armenian mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross, where he was informed that he had not seen the Armenian soldier in Azerbaijan yet, but steps were being taken in this direction. In turn, the Artsakh Foreign Ministry reported that the mission of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office was informed about the fact that a soldier of the Artsakh Republic Army Defense Araik Ghazaryan was captured by the Azerbaijani side. According to the Foreign Ministry, Artsakh authorities are making efforts to repatriate prisoner of war Araik Ghazaryan.
ArmInfo. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting a confidential dialogue with the Azerbaijani side with the aim of visiting a soldier Araik Ghazaryan, who is currently in Azerbaijan.
ArmInfo. According to the materials of the criminal case investigated by the Investigative Committee of Armenia, the Armenian soldier Arayik Ghazaryan which is located on the Azerbaijani side as of 10:30 on August 12, i.e. prior to leaving the combat situation, he had no bodily injuries either in the occipital part of the head, or in the lower legs, or on other parts of the body.
ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan considers the issue of the return of the Armenian prisoner of war Araik Ghazaryan from Azerbaijan as extremely sensitive.
ArmInfo. Arayik Ghazaryan, a soldier of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, was captured by the Azerbaijani side, the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Artsakh and the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh reported this.
ArmInfo. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting a confidential dialogue with the Azerbaijani side with the aim of visiting a soldier Araik Ghazaryan, who is currently in Azerbaijan.
ArmInfo. According to the materials of the criminal case investigated by the Investigative Committee of Armenia, the Armenian soldier Arayik Ghazaryan which is located on the Azerbaijani side as of 10:30 on August 12, i.e. prior to leaving the combat situation, he had no bodily injuries either in the occipital part of the head, or in the lower legs, or on other parts of the body.
ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan considers the issue of the return of the Armenian prisoner of war Araik Ghazaryan from Azerbaijan as extremely sensitive.
ArmInfo. Arayik Ghazaryan, a soldier of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, was captured by the Azerbaijani side, the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Artsakh and the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh reported this.
ArmInfo. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting a confidential dialogue with the Azerbaijani side with the aim of visiting a soldier Araik Ghazaryan, who is currently in Azerbaijan.
ArmInfo. According to the materials of the criminal case investigated by the Investigative Committee of Armenia, the Armenian soldier Arayik Ghazaryan which is located on the Azerbaijani side as of 10:30 on August 12, i.e. prior to leaving the combat situation, he had no bodily injuries either in the occipital part of the head, or in the lower legs, or on other parts of the body.
ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan considers the issue of the return of the Armenian prisoner of war Araik Ghazaryan from Azerbaijan as extremely sensitive.
ArmInfo. Arayik Ghazaryan, a soldier of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, was captured by the Azerbaijani side, the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Artsakh and the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh reported this.
ArmInfo. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting a confidential dialogue with the Azerbaijani side with the aim of visiting a soldier Araik Ghazaryan, who is currently in Azerbaijan.
ArmInfo. According to the materials of the criminal case investigated by the Investigative Committee of Armenia, the Armenian soldier Arayik Ghazaryan which is located on the Azerbaijani side as of 10:30 on August 12, i.e. prior to leaving the combat situation, he had no bodily injuries either in the occipital part of the head, or in the lower legs, or on other parts of the body.
ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan considers the issue of the return of the Armenian prisoner of war Araik Ghazaryan from Azerbaijan as extremely sensitive.
ArmInfo. Arayik Ghazaryan, a soldier of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, was captured by the Azerbaijani side, the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Artsakh and the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh reported this.
ArmInfo. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting a confidential dialogue with the Azerbaijani side with the aim of visiting a soldier Araik Ghazaryan, who is currently in Azerbaijan.
ArmInfo. According to the materials of the criminal case investigated by the Investigative Committee of Armenia, the Armenian soldier Arayik Ghazaryan which is located on the Azerbaijani side as of 10:30 on August 12, i.e. prior to leaving the combat situation, he had no bodily injuries either in the occipital part of the head, or in the lower legs, or on other parts of the body.
ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan considers the issue of the return of the Armenian prisoner of war Araik Ghazaryan from Azerbaijan as extremely sensitive.
ArmInfo. Arayik Ghazaryan, a soldier of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, was captured by the Azerbaijani side, the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Artsakh and the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh reported this.
ArmInfo. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting a confidential dialogue with the Azerbaijani side with the aim of visiting a soldier Araik Ghazaryan, who is currently in Azerbaijan.
ArmInfo. According to the materials of the criminal case investigated by the Investigative Committee of Armenia, the Armenian soldier Arayik Ghazaryan which is located on the Azerbaijani side as of 10:30 on August 12, i.e. prior to leaving the combat situation, he had no bodily injuries either in the occipital part of the head, or in the lower legs, or on other parts of the body.
ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan considers the issue of the return of the Armenian prisoner of war Araik Ghazaryan from Azerbaijan as extremely sensitive.
ArmInfo. Arayik Ghazaryan, a soldier of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, was captured by the Azerbaijani side, the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Artsakh and the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh reported this.
ArmInfo. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting a confidential dialogue with the Azerbaijani side with the aim of visiting a soldier Araik Ghazaryan, who is currently in Azerbaijan.
ArmInfo. According to the materials of the criminal case investigated by the Investigative Committee of Armenia, the Armenian soldier Arayik Ghazaryan which is located on the Azerbaijani side as of 10:30 on August 12, i.e. prior to leaving the combat situation, he had no bodily injuries either in the occipital part of the head, or in the lower legs, or on other parts of the body.
ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan considers the issue of the return of the Armenian prisoner of war Araik Ghazaryan from Azerbaijan as extremely sensitive.
ArmInfo. Arayik Ghazaryan, a soldier of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, was captured by the Azerbaijani side, the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Artsakh and the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh reported this.
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