German civil activists on the sidelines of climate conference in Bonn  demanded that Azerbaijan release Armenian prisoners

ArmInfo. In the context of the climate change conference taking place in Bonn, German civil society  activists and human rights defenders demanded that Azerbaijan and President Ilham Aliyev release Armenian prisoners. As part of this Bonn conference, experts will determine the agenda for the COP29  meetings, which will be held in Baku in November.

As reported in a message received by ArmInfo from the Free Armenian  Prisoners team, the President of the German-Armenian Central Council  Jonathan Spanbenbeg called on conference participants, the  international community and human rights organizations to pay  attention to the fact that COP29 will be held in a country where  human rights.

"It is sad that such an important conference as the UN is being held  in a country where human rights are violated in every possible way. A  country that is pursuing a policy of genocide against Armenians and  Armenia, which recently carried out ethnic cleansing of 120 thousand  Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, which at this very moment destroys  Armenian historical monuments. The country that holds Armenian  prisoners and hostages in Baku prisons, including the former leaders  of Nagorno-Karabakh," the human rights activist noted.

Spanbenbeg noted that the so-called subsidiary bodies of the UN  Framework Convention on Climate Change meet in Bonn. This conference,  which is being held in the run-up to COP29, will run until 30 June.   More than six thousand delegates from all over the world will be here  to prepare the agenda for COP29, which will be held in Baku.

"On this occasion, we, as representatives of the German-Armenian  Central Council, sent the first letter to all members of the German  Bundestag. Other events will be held in Bonn during the week.

What can you do? Firstly, you can publish information on this issue  on your pages on social networks, publish photos with the hashtag  COP29, personally contact the deputy from your constituency, asking  him a simple question: "What are you doing to ensure that Baku  immediately releases those detained in Baku prisons of Armenian  prisoners and hostages who became victims of genocide?"

You can contact delegates, NGOs and climate activists from your  countries who will be attending the conference in Baku, or who are  present today or will be attending the conference in Bonn in the  coming weeks. You yourself can organize large and small protests in  your countries, call on your friends to stand up. This is not a  problem that concerns only Armenians, it is a problem that can  concern any person," Spanbenbeg added.  In conclusion, he informed  that the next action in Bonn will take place on June 7 at the World  Conference Center.