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Two Released Civilian Internees Returned Under ICRC Auspices

TWO RELEASED CIVILIAN INTERNEES RETURNED UNDER ICRC AUSPICES

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[04:14 pm] 12 December, 2007

Geneva (ICRC) – On 12 December 2007, the International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC), acting as a neutral intermediary, facilitated
the transfers of two civilians who had been detained in Baku and
in Nagorny Karabakh respectively. The transfer took place in Agdam
district of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Prior to their release and transfer, ICRC delegates had visited the
detained civilians on several occasions, in order to assess their
conditions of detention and treatment. The ICRC had also forwarded
family news between the internees and their relatives.

Acting as a neutral intermediary and in accordance with its mandate,
the ICRC facilitated the transfer of the released civilians at the
request of the respective Commissions for Prisoners of War, Hostages
and Missing Persons. ICRC delegates had visited the civilians before
the operation to ensure that they were returning of their own free
will.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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
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