Armenia`s authorities do not care about human fates - opposition MP

ArmInfo.Armenia's authorities do not care about human fates, Tigran Abrahamyan of the  opposition parliamentary faction wrote on his Facebook account.  

According to him, since the 44-day war in Artsakh in 2020, according  to various estimates, there are 8-9 dozen Armenian prisoners in Baku  prisons. Despite the fact that various videos contain real data about  the presence of a large number of prisoners in Azerbaijan, official  Baku still does not confirm the fact that many of them were captured.

"The current authorities of Armenia, if at some stage they turned the  issue of repatriation of prisoners in Azerbaijani prisons into an  imitation and other campaign, now they do not talk about it at all,  and do not carry out any specific work in this direction. They do not  care about human fate," the parliamentarian wrote.

Yesterday at a press conference, international law specialist  Siranush Sahakyan said that at the moment there are 55 Armenians  officially detained in Azerbaijan.

"Of course, they all have different statuses: prisoners of war,  civilians held captive and persons held for political reasons. In  particular, 6 civilians held hostage; 41 prisoners of war and 8  former political or military figures who are considered political  prisoners ", the human rights activist explained, adding that this is  only official data.

According to her, in addition, the Azerbaijani side captured over 80  civilians and military personnel, but nothing is being done to  clarify their fate. Sahakyan stated that the first group, officially  confirmed, is in a more protected position, unlike the second group.  "Since 2021, there have been no recorded cases when Azerbaijan has  officially confirmed the fact of holding persons captured during the  44-day war," she said.