ICRC: SIX ARMENIAN POWS AND FIVE CIVILIANS KEPT IN AZERBAIJAN
Nelly Danielyan
"Radiolur"
13.04.2010 18:23
There is one Azerbaijani prisoner of war and one civilian in Armenia,
while six prisoners of war and five Armenian civilians are kept in
Azerbaijan, Head of the Communication Programs of the International
Committee of the Red Cross Ashot Astabatsyan told a press conference
today.
There are 401 and 457 missing persons registered in Armenia and Nagorno
Karabakh respectively, while the number reaches 3 707 in Azerbaijan,
Ashot Astabatsyan informed
He ICRC periodically visits the POWs to see their living conditions and
establish contacts with relatives. However, the ICRC never publishes
information about the living conditions of the prisoners.
If the ICRC notices violation of human rights or harassment against
POWs, it applies to the authorities with a request to take adequate
measures. It’s kept secret how often such cases occur in Azerbaijan.
As for the missing persons, Ashot Astabatsyan said the ICRC had been
collecting information about them since 1995. Information has been
collected about 323 missing persons, whole the relatives of the rest
have either left the county or they are psychologically not ready to
talk about it, he said.