OMB APPEALS TO ICRC FOR HELP TO RELEASE CAPTURED SOLDIER

Today, Azerbaijan
April 5 2007

Ombudsperson Elmira Suleymanova has rewritten to Martin Amacher,
head of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Baku office
for taking Azerbaijani captured soldier back.

The appeal says that Samir Mammadov was captured by Armenian military
forces on December 24, and has not been released yet.

The ombudsperson said that the soldier’s parents asked her to help
to take their son back. Suleymanova asked Amacher to help to release
the soldier back and prevent him from assaults and inhuman treatment.

The appeal is also addressed to the ICRC main office in Geneva and
ICRC president Jacob Kellenberg.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress