Armenian Defender`s Office passes information about Armenian servicemen kidnapped by Azerbaijan to int`l organizations

ArmInfo. Information about two  kidnapped servicemen from the territory of Armenia, who are now in  Azerbaijani captivity, Human Rights Defender's Office has submitted  to international organizations. Armenian human Rights Defender Anahit  Manasyan told journalists during a briefing on July 6.

She stressed that conversations were held with relatives of the  prisoners, based on the data received from citizens, an understanding  of the situation was drawn up, and with legal justifications, this  information was transferred to international organizations. In  addition, Manasyan said that during meetings with international  partners she also does not miss the opportunity to raise this issue.

"After all, we are talking about the prisoners, and they should be  provided with international guarantees," she said, emphasizing that  the work in this direction should be continued.

On May 26, at 7:00 p.m., contact was lost with two servicemen of the  RA Armed Forces (Harutyun Hovakimyan and Karen Ghazaryan) who were  supplying food to combat positions. On May 26, a logistics vehicle  operated by two servicemen of the RA Armed Forces, loaded with food  and water, intended for combat positions, was found on the  inter-positional road. Already on May 27, Azerbaijan began to accuse  the Armenian servicemen who disappeared just a day ago of terrorism,  smuggling carried out by a group of persons with prior consent,  inciting national, racial, social or religious hatred and enmity,  illegal transportation of weapons and illegal  crossing of the state  border.

On May 28, in connection with the kidnapping of two Armenian  servicemen who were delivering food to combat positions, Armenia  applied to the European Court of Human Rights demanding the  application of interim measures.