Armenia`s ruling force unwilling to defend interests of Armenian  hostages in Baku 

ArmInfo. Members of the ruling Civil Contract party stubbornly hold hands, refusing to defend the  Armenian captives who are being humiliated in Baku, along with whom both Armenia and the Armenian people are being discredited. This is stated in a statement by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) in connection with the ongoing illegal trial in Baku.

In its statement, the ARF emphasized that the actions of the head of  the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan, who in his "illogical and  reckless statements accused the residents of Artsakh of staying and  fighting to the end," play a significant role in the fabricated  trial.

"The months of siege and resistance have disappeared from Simonyan's  memory. One day he will say that those in Baku do not exist for him  and will continue to work to convince the public that they are  fulfilling the task assigned to them. But in reality, they do not  want to take steps, assuring that they do not want to harm this  process. In turn, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in his  theater of the absurd called "Crossroads of the World", has  practically forgotten about Artsakh and the Artsakh Armenians," the  ARF statement reads.

The party noted that the only time the Artsakh issue was raised was  the half-hearted and superficial statements of Armenian Foreign  Minister Ararat Mirzoyan at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights  Council in Geneva and the loud statements at the Conference on  Disarmament. As the ARF recalled, during the session Mirzoyan  reported on the false trials of 23 Armenians illegally imprisoned,  stating that they would not be considered properly and clearly  ignored vital human rights standards.

"Mirzoyan stressed that the world continues to be an arena of  terrible conflicts, forced displacement of populations and violations  of fundamental rights. Therefore, the imperative of strengthening the  UN's reliance on human rights, according to him, has become much more  relevant at the present time. After that, moving away a little from  the tragicomedy created in the Baku court, he came to the conclusion  that Armenia is ready to turn the page on hostility for the sake of  achieving peace," the ARF recalled.

Meanwhile, as the political force explained, it is not difficult to  understand that the minister is actually saying the following:

The ARF noted that while Mirzoyan echoes: "Do what you want, we will  continue to sing solos "about peace" in empty halls," disinformation  continues to be spread in Azerbaijan regarding the Armenians in the  court, using false information and manipulation, to the point that  the Armenian captives "are happy with the conditions of detention and  life is wonderful."

"Meanwhile, there is documented evidence that the former state  minister of Artsakh Ruben Vardanyan, who declared a hunger strike,  was tortured and there are rumors about the use of violence against  other hostages," the ARF statement notes.

In conclusion, it is emphasized that the opposition front is making  every effort to include this issue in the state agenda. Meanwhile,  the deputies of the "Civil Contract", who claim "forget it" or "we  will work on this another day," unanimously suppress such attempts,  objecting that such steps can harm the hostages.  "However, one thing  is clear: the voice of righteousness cannot be silenced forever," the  ARF summed up.

Current and former military-political leadership of Artsakh was taken  hostage after the Azerbaijani aggression against the NKR on September  19-20, 2023. For the second year in a row, in the context of the  inaction of the international community, dozens of Armenian citizens  are illegally detained in Azerbaijan, subjected to cruel and  degrading treatment, torture.