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Armenian Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan has published photos on his Facebook from the meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis. The photos show Tatoyan handing reports to Pope Francis which had documented the tortures and inhuman treatment of Armenian captives inAzerbaijan.   

In the Ombudsman's words, before the meeting, the Protocol Service of the Holy See had notified that no dialogue is usually held with the Pope during the handshaking ceremony, and there is a possibility to greet the Pope within 1-2 minutes. 

"When His Holiness approached me, the Catholicos of All Armenians introduced me to him and said I had a special message for him. At that moment, I first expressed my gratitude to the Pope for his appeals to cease the military attacks launched by Azerbaijan against Artsakh and on the return of Armenian captives held in Azerbaijan," Tatoyan wrote.