ARMENIAN BODY CLAIMS 130 POWS IN AZERI PRISONS
Regnum, Moscow
11 Apr 06
As of today there are 130 Armenian prisoners of war in Azerbaijan,
deputy chairman of the Community and Law public organization, Suren
Ovannesyan, has said.
He said that the Armenian Defence Ministry had elaborated a list of
missing people and their whereabouts. However, the process of their
return is practically impossible. Azerbaijan had also published
information about the Armenian prisoners of war. But information
about the prisoners of war has not been made public since [Azerbaijani
President] Ilham Aliyev came into power.
“Access to prisons in Azerbaijan is even barred for international
organizations,” Suren Ovannesyan said and added that Armenian prisoners
of war are exploited as free labour force in Azerbaijan.
Suren Ovannesyan noted that there are no Azerbaijani prisoners of war
in Armenian prisons as they were returned to Azerbaijan unilaterally.