On April 5, the Republic of Armenia (RA) Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan received Francois-Xavier Bellamy, French Member of the European Parliament.
During the meeting, the Human Rights Defender raised the issue of the immediate release and return of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians illegally detained and imprisoned in Azerbaijan, noting that the Azerbaijani authorities are artificially delaying and politicizing the process, thus aiming to cause mental suffering to the families of the detainees/prisoners.
The Ombudsman presented in detail the most serious human rights issues, arisen under threats of war, and which among other things, are due to the process of border crossings and related violations that are taking place with harrowing speed by Azerbaijan against the people of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
During the meeting, the Human Rights Defender of Armenia assessed the highly effective cooperation with the Embassy and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia Jonathan Lacotte. The parties agreed to deepen the cooperation in matters of protection of human rights.
