Liberty Radio: "Armenian war prisoner Ambartsum Asatryan was subjected
to torture in Azerbaijan"
ANS
26.01.2008 22:06
Armenian soldier Ambartsum Asaturyan, captured on August 4 of the last
year, was handed over to Armenia on January 25, 2008
According to Liberty Radio, Ambartsum Asatryan says he was subjected to
torture and made say before cameras that he had trespassed the defense
line due to unbearable conditions in the Armenian army.
Armenian soldier Ambartsum Asaturyan, captured on August 4 of the last
year, was handed over to Armenia on the northeastern border of Armenia
with Azerbaijan on January 25, 2008.
"I think the announcement made by Armenian soldier Ambartsum Araturyan,
captured on August 4 of 2007, and handed over to the Armenian side, is
false", chairman of the Azerbaijani committee against torture Elchin
Behbudov said commenting on A.Asaturyan’s interview to Liberty Radio.
"This is another attempt of Armenians to spoil the image of Azerbaijan.
I can also understand why Asaturyan did it because I can imagine the
pressure and attacks this soldier was subjected to upon return to
Armenia.
But I can bindingly state that Asaturyan was not subjected to torture.
It would be enough to recall that two trespassers from Armenia, Roman
Taryan and Artur Apresyan, kept in the local Ministry of National
Security, have never carped at the housing conditions. At the same
time, they announced that Armenian powers were training kamikazes from
among orphans, teaching them Turkish and Azerbaijani, and that there
are camps in Armenia, where Azerbaijani captives are kept.
Moreover, Armenian human rights activists confirmed during frequent
conversations with me, that there are camps where Azerbaijani captives
are kept and tortured, in the occupied lands of Daqliq Qarabaq, as
well.
Thus, Armenia would better bear responsibility for its own crimes,
rather than blame the Azerbaijani government", Behbudov said. /Day.Az/