The “Tatoyan” Foundation has made a report on the mental
suffering that Azerbaijan has caused to the families of Armenian servicemen.
The report reads:
Azerbaijan has caused intentional mental sufferings to
mothers, sisters and other family members of Armenian soldiers. Our new
fact-based report on these matters. We express our gratitude to families of
Armenian soldiers for their support.
During the Azerbaijani-provoked 2020 44-day and 2022
September 13-14 wars against Armenia and Artsakh, the Azerbaijani armed forces
committed numerous war crimes, including torture of prisoners of war and
civilians, extrajudicial killings. The basis of these criminal acts of
Azerbaijan is the continuing fascist policy of Armenophobia and animosity of
the authorities of this country.
With artificial criminal prosecutions and spurious judicial
acts, Azerbaijan does not return Armenian prisoners of war and civilians to
this day. In this way, the Azerbaijani authorities deliberately cause mental
suffering to Armenian families both in Artsakh and in Armenia.
This report discusses and provides a legal assessment of
those criminal acts of Azerbaijan. For example, Azerbaijani servicemen
obstructed search operations, hide and do not return the bodies of servicemen,
etc.
On Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and other social networks,
Azerbaijani user accounts, targeting the Armenian audience, disseminate and
directly sent to the families the photos of the killed and tortured military
servicemen of their families.
Studies confirm that the mentioned crimes are encouraged by
the authorities of Azerbaijan. They aim to cause severe mental sufferings to
families and maintain tension in Armenian society. The preparation of this
report also included interviews with family members of servicemen and analysis
of relevant documents. We express our gratitude to servicemen’s families for
their support in the preparation of the report.
This report was developed by the Center for Law and Justice
“Tatoyan” Foundation, in which the U.S. lawyers Garo Ghazarian and
Karnik Kerkonian had immediate participation.
