Armenian MP calls on EU leaders to visit Armenian prisoners in Baku 

ArmInfo.  Opposition member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Hayk Mamijanyan appealed to the leaders of the European Union with a request to visit Armenian prisoners of war in Baku. He wrote about this on his Facebook account. 

"In connection with the closure of the International Committee of the  Red Cross office in Azerbaijan, I today sent an official letter to  the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,  Kaja Kalas, and the EU Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, Vasilis  Maragos, requesting that the EU Ambassador to Azerbaijan visit our  prisoners held in Baku. In the letter, I spoke about the dangers our  compatriots face in the Baku prison, the staged trials, and the  importance of such visits from a humanitarian perspective," Hayk  Mamijanyan wrote.

23 Armenians are currently being held in Azerbaijani prisons,  including 16 people captured following Azerbaijan's military attack  on Artsakh on September 19, 2023. Among the captives are eight former  Artsakh officials: former presidents Arkady Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan,  Arayik Harutyunyan, parliament speaker David Ishkhanyan, former state  minister Ruben Vardanyan, former commander of the Defense Army Levon  Mnatsakanyan, former deputy commander David Manukyan, and former  foreign minister David Babayan.