Armenian lawyers appeal to ECHR over facts of 19 people tortured and killed in Azerbaijani captivity
Lawyers Artak Zeynalyan and Siranush Sahakyan issued another statement on the protection of the rights of Armenian prisoners of war (POW) in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
According to it, during the second Artsakh war started on September 27 in 2020 as well as after the trilateral statement signed on November 9, the Azerbaijani side has continued capturing Armenian civilians and servicemen.
"19 people who had been taken prisoner in Azerbaijan were tortured and killed by Azerbaijani servicemen, which is considered a war crime. We applied to the ECHR over the fact of killing and torturing of prisoners and other detainees," the lawyers said in statement. They have also shared the list of victims:
Civilians
1. Eduard Shahgeldyan
2. Arsen Gharakhanyan
3. Benik Hakobyan
4. Elena Hakobyan
5. Serzhik Vardanyan
6. Ella Vardanyan
7. Genadi Petrosyan
8. Yuri Asryan
9. Misha Movsisyan
10. Anahit Movsisyan
11. Nina Davtyan
12. Misha Melkumyan
Servicemen
13. Erik Mkhitaryan
14. Gagik Mkrtchyan
15. Arayik Poghosyan
16. Vardges Ghazaryan
17. Yuri Adamyan
18. Artur MAnvelyan
19. Narek Babayan