800 people prosecuted in war-related criminal cases in Armenia – Prosecutor General

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YEREVAN, APRIL 22, ARMENPRESS. Investigations into criminal cases related to the 44-day war revealed that “numerous” military servicemembers and high-ranking officers failed to fulfill their duty properly, the Prosecutor-General of Armenia Artur Davtyan told lawmakers at a parliamentary committee hearing on the prosecution’s 2021 report.

“From the beginning we adopted the following two directions: subject for investigation under the criminal cases related to the 44-day war are the war crimes committed by Azerbaijan’s military-political leadership, as well as the alleged criminal violations committed by our military-political leadership and the armed forces during war,” Davtyan added.

2150 criminal cases related to the war were investigated during 2021, he noted.

“As of yearend, criminal prosecution was carried out against 800 persons by these criminal cases, 55 persons have already been handed over to courts and respective verdicts delivered.

Investigations continue.

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