Society 10:49 27/04/2021 Region

Ombudsman voices alarm at Aravus village incident with Armenian shepherd beaten by Azerbaijani military servicemen

The criminal attack of dragging and beating the Aravus village shepherd by Azerbaijani military servicemen confirms urgent need for a security zone around Syunik, Armenian Human Rights defender Arman Tatoyan reported on Tuesday. 

"Immediately after this information, the Human Rights Defender of Armenia has immediately initiated fact-finding activities with the involvement of the Syunik subdivision of the Defender's Staff.

The shepard of Aravus village submitted alarming complaints to the Staff of the Human Rights Defender that he grazed 14 large and small cattle on a shepherd about 500 meters from his house on 18 April 2021. Between 5 and 6 pm, when the pastor was in the area about 50 meters from the Azerbaijani position to the Aravus village, three Azerbaijani armed servicemen approached him.

According to the shepherd, the Azerbaijani military servicemen first threatened him with their weapons, and then two of them pulled him and tried to take him to move to the trench in the direction of the Azerbaijani position by force. During all this time, Azerbaijani constantly cursed and threatened the pastor. 

Then, when they saw that Armenian Armed Forces servicemen began to rush to help the, the third Azerbaijani serviceman hit the shepherd in the eye, causing a bruise and immediately left for their position.

During the Human Rights Defender’s Office fact-finding activities, it was also established that the Azerbaijani military had shouted insults at the shepherd in the same place of the Aravus village, and at around 7 pm he received threats from Azerbaijani soldiers who were openly displaying firearms on 20 April 2021.

The staff of the Human Rights Defender also recorded the alarming interview of the head of Aravus village about the incident in mass media.

The shepherd’s family members, as well as the villagers who rushed to help the shepherd, informed the Human Rights Defender’s Office that they had also heard Azerbaijani soldiers’ shouts, including that the Azeris had moved from their position to the shepherd.

The head of the Aravus village informed the Human Rights Defender's Office that there are houses in the villagers even less than 500 meters away from the Azerbaijani positions (for example, 100 or 200 meters). This fact was also recorded by the Human Rights Defender's Office monitoring conducted at the site.

The RA Human Rights Defender specifically states that the Azerbaijani servicemen committed a criminal attack on the Armenian border resident. This confirms gross violations of the internationally recognized rights of the citizens of the Republic of Armenia, as well as rights enshrined in the Constitution of Armenia. 

These are rights to physical and psychological immunity; right to property and other vital rights, and in the case of the right to life, it is under the real risk of violation.

These incidents clearly substantiates the Human Rights Defender's proposal on that a security zone must be immediately created around the Syunik province in order to guarantee rights of the RA citizens.

There should be no Azerbaijani soldiers, signs or flags in the immediate vicinity of the Syunik villages and on the roads connecting the communities of the province.

Armenia’s Human Rights Defender will send the information about these incidents to relevant international organizations, as well as will include it in the security zone concept," Tatoyan said.



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