STEPANAKERT. – Azerbaijan authorities committed another gross violation of international humanitarian law by forcing the captive to praise their country.
Davit Babayan, Head of the Central Information Department of the Office of the President of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR) and Deputy Head of the NKR President’s Office, told the above-said to Armenian News-NEWS.am. He noted this reflecting on a video that recently appeared in Azerbaijani media, and involving captured Artsakh resident Arsen Baghdasaryan.
In his words, it is apparent that such a “dithyramb” was gotten by way of torture and violence.
“They [Azerbaijan] show the grossest violation of the Geneva Convention on TV,” Babayan noted. “Instead of using Arsen Baghdasaryan for propaganda purposes, Azerbaijan authorities should have asked [Azerbaijani activist] Ilgar Mammadov about the situation in their country.
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