ArmInfo.A 100-page report on military and other crimes of the Baku regime was handed over by Armenian lawyers to the prosecutor's office of the International Criminal Court.
"This is an exceptional event, since Aliyev is in direct danger," said journalist and blogger David Grigoryan from The Hague during a live broadcast.
According to him, representatives of the Armenian Diaspora in the Netherlands and Armenian lawyers gathered in front of the ICC office to talk about Baku's atrocities against ethnic Armenians both during the period of hostilities and the relatively "peaceful period". Judge of the Supreme Court of the Orange Administrative District of California, Kasia Abgaryan is also there. Participants in the action hold Armenian flags and posters with the inscriptions "Why are sanctions not imposed against Azerbaijan?", "Hands off from Armenia," "Azerbaijan, withdraw your troops from Armenia." They are also holding in their hands a photo of a female soldier brutally killed by the Azerbaijani servicemen.
During the speech, the representatives of the initiative group noted that it should not be allowed to repeat the 1915 events. "History has a habit of repeating itself. To avoid this, the criminal must suffer a fair punishment," they said.
As Judge Abgaryan clarified, the 100-page report, in particular, presents documents and evidence about the genocide committed by Azerbaijan in modern Armenia. She showed a map of the Republic of Armenia, where the territories of sovereign Armenia, which continue to remain under the illegal occupation of Azerbaijan, are marked in red. According to Abgaryan, Baku's policy is to keep the people of Armenia in the grip of fear. Over time, this fear, as Baku is confident, will force people to leave their homes, and Aliyev will be able to advance deeper into the Republic of Armenia, she noted. "Aliyev's statements are the easiest way to understand his goals - "give us what we want, otherwise we will take it through war," the lawyer recalled. "You must not hesitate, otherwise it will be too late. All of Aliyev's actions and facts fall under the concept of "genocide". We are here to prevent a new genocide," Kasia Abgaryan, pointed out. The process at the ICC, she said, could take years. But it had to be done, and done already <yesterday>. Only an adequate response to the actions of the Baku regime can prevent new atrocities and new forced deportations of Armenians from their homes, Abgaryan concluded.
In September 2022, at a meeting with foreign diplomats and representatives of international organizations, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia Eduard Asryan said that Azerbaijani soldiers, during a new escalation, brutally killed an Armenian serviceman. "I draw your attention to the atrocities committed by units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, their servicemen at our combat positions, against our servicemen, even against female soldier. I have these photos and video footage on my phone, I can show you. <:> I will show you this video, there are no words to describe it all, you can see how they dismembered a female soldier, cut off her legs, fingers, stripped her naked, this is just the last degree of atrocity," Asryan said. The video that Asryan spoke about was filmed by Azerbaijani soldiers and spread on social networks. It shows the bodies of Armenian soldiers, including two women. One of the women is undressed, with an inscription on her chest and stomach (former Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan stated that the name of the Azerbaijani special forces "Yashma" was written on the woman's corpse). body). The woman's fingers were cut off and stuffed into her mouth, and her eye was gouged out. According to media reports, the body in the video belongs to 36-year-old Anush Habetyan, a mother of three children. It was reported that she was captured in the city of Jermuk, raped and tortured.