Public Radio of Armenia






Armenian MP Naira Zohrabyan has called on the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE) to force Azerbaijan to return the
Armenian prisoners of war, noting that “every day of captivity is
hell.”

Speaking about the opening of a “trophy park” in Baku, Zohrabyan
described it as demonstration of fascism.”

“It was horrible to see Azerbaijanis queue for miles to see this
insulting exhibition. They brought with them their children, who were
declaring that Armenians were their genetic enemy,” the MP pointed
out.

“Six months after the war, we have hundreds of prisoners of war held
in Azerbaijani prisons; Azerbaijan not only refuses to provide the
European Court of Human Rights with clear information about Armenian
prisoners of war, but cynically declares that they are not prisoners
of war. By the way, one of the prisoners of war was recently buried by
his parents. I want to understand why the Council of Europe
Commissioner for Human Rights has not yet visited Baku prisons to see
the inhumane conditions in which Armenian prisoners of war are being
held,” Naira Zohrabyan stated.

“When the Council of Europe member states Azerbaijan and Turkey are
cynically violating human rights, when Aliyev declares that they won
this war, because they raised a whole generation of Azerbaijani youth
with hatred for the enemy, such racist, anti-Armenian statements must
be discussed by our organization, otherwise we violate the fundamental
values of our organization with fake agendas,” the Armenian lawmaker
stated.