US Congressman considers criminal prosecution of Armenian POWs by Azerbaijan unacceptable

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YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijan’s continued violation of human rights following the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh is unacceptable, US Congressman Adam Schiff said on Facebook, commenting on the sham trial of Armenian prisoners of war in Azerbaijan.

“Prosecuting prisoners of war is a flagrant violation of international conventions and further evidence of Azerbaijan’s grotesque disregard for human rights and international law.

While we continue working to secure the immediate release of Armenian prisoners of war, the United States must impose harsh consequences on Azerbaijan and end the waiver that has allowed U.S. military assistance to flow to the regime in Baku. We must not allow Azerbaijan to violate human rights and trample on international norms with impunity”, the Congressman said.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS