KARABAKH ARMENIANS SEEK OSCE HELP IN SEARCH FOR POWS IN AZERBAIJAN
Artsakh State TV, Stepanakert
9 Nov 04
The NKR (Nagornyy Karabakh Republic) union of relatives of those
missing in action sent a letter to the co-chairmen of OSCE Minsk
Group on 9 November.
In its letter the union highly appreciates the activities of the
Minsk Group and its co-chairmen in the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict
settlement. At the same time, the NKR union of relatives of those
missing in action notes that there are Armenian POWs and civilian
hostages in Azerbaijani prisons and military units, who were given
Azerbaijani names by the Azerbaijani authorities in order to conceal
their existence. They are subjected to torture and humiliation. Some
of them cannot bear this and either die or commit suicide. They
are buried in prison yards with numbers instead of names on their
graves. Even Azerbaijani non-official sources report such cases.
The NKR union of relatives of those missing in action asks the Minsk
Group co-chairmen to provide assistance in the search for POWs,
hostages or their remains. Azerbaijan has signed Geneva conventions
and additional protocols to them, therefore it must observe them.