Yesterday’s video about the torture of Armenian prisoners is new. Azerbaijan handed over their tortured bodies to the Armenian side (video)

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1. Article in Armenian, translation below

   The video shared yesterday about the torture of Armenian prisoners is new. The identity of the three servicemen seen in the video is known, the location has been identified. The incident took place in one of the positions of Artanish, the crime was committed by the servicemen of the “Yashma” detachment. Siranush Sahakyan, a human rights defender who defends the rights of Armenian prisoners of war at the ECHR, told “Pastinfo” that there was information about the capture, after which the Armenian side received the bodies, the study of which deepened the presumption that they were killed during the capture.

   “This video definitely confirmed that a larger number of Armenian prisoners of war were shot,” emphasized Siranush Sahakyan.
   In other words, we are dealing with another case of extrajudicial shooting of prisoners, according to Siranush Sahakyan, this is part of a big policy and until punishment is ensured, nothing will prevent the commission of these crimes, the only option is punishment and the imposition of consequences for the committed crimes, for the state and the involved servicemen. , to the commanders.

   “We will not have a change in behavior or policy until these measures of responsibility are reached,” said Siranush Sahakyan.

   To the observation that actual Armenian prisoners of war are brutally killed and their bodies are transferred to the Armenian side as the bodies of soldiers killed on the battlefield, is there any approximate data on how many such cases there are, Sahakyan responded. “That’s what they do. Here, in case of suspicion, the case should be studied, including the mechanism of injuries, through which it can be determined whether the victim died on the battlefield from gunshot wounds or was shot under physical control. There will be a need for thorough medical examinations and examinations here.”

   According to Sahakyan, they are preparing not only to appeal to the ECHR, but also to transfer the information to international media, structures dealing with human rights issues, international government structures, because apart from the legal process, there will be a legal and political reaction of a different nature.

   Let’s remind that yesterday another video showing the atrocities of Azerbaijanis was spread in the Azeri domain of the Internet, moreover, the video was spread intentionally by covering the faces of the Azerbaijanis committing war crimes in order to avoid their identification later. The video shows how Azerbaijani soldiers torture Armenian servicemen. The case refers to the September aggression of Azerbaijan. In a conversation with Pastinfo, the RA Ministry of Defense informed that the video is being studied.

   In a conversation with “Pastinfo” today, the representative of RA on international legal issues said that they are familiar with the video, it will be sent to the ECHR and the International Court of Justice. The representation also stated that the servicemen seen in the video, as well as the location, have been identified, the footage shows that the servicemen are alive and wounded, but the servicemen were returned dead.

   The General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia told “Pastinfo” that press publications are being studied at the General Prosecutor’s Office.

   “We will further inform the public about the results,” the prosecutor’s office said.

   The video is on the “Pastinfo” Telegram channel. Warning, they contain scenes of gruesome violence.

2. This is the third time that’s proven that Armenian PoWs were executed since the invasion on September 12-14

   The first instance was the video of the Armenian soldier videotaped receiving medical treatment by Azerbaijani medics. The video was circulated and pushed as proof that Azeri troops take care of PoWs. He was later executed, and his body handed over to Armenia.

   The second instance has been the video of 7 PoWs being grouped up and gunned down by Azeri troops

   And this has been the third instance of documented execution of PoWs. I’ll edit this comment to include a link to the video.

   https://reddit.com/r/armenia/comments/y1c5o8/nsfw_azerbaijanis_torturing_armenian_pows/