Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
April 23 2005
Azerbaijan to appeal to int’l organizations over prisoners
Azerbaijan will send direct appeals to the International Committee of
the Red Cross, OSCE, the Council of Europe and rights groups over
three Azeri prisoners withheld in Armenia, says Azay Guliyev, member
of the working group of the State Committee on Prisoners, Hostages
and Missing Persons.
Guliyev termed as utterly unfair the fact that the Azeri captives
have been withheld in captivity for about 70 days, accusing Armenia,
which occupies Azeri lands, of openly and blatantly violating legal
norms.
`The entire civil society should struggle against this unbearable
situation.’
Guliyev called on those defending Armenia to at least show plain
humanism. The Armenian soldiers taken captive over by Azerbaijan are
always released within a week of 10 days, he added.