Human Rights Defender of Armenia Anahit Manasyan has had a series of discussions with international partners and representatives of various institutions regarding the case of the kidnapping of a 68-year-old citizen by Azerbaijan who was being transported to Armenia for treatment under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
In particular, they were presented with the results of the studies, according to which there is no information regarding Vagif Khachatryan's search in any international intelligence system, and the unlawful interference with the fundamental rights of a person is a violation of international legal guarantees and standards. Corresponding letters have been sent to authoritative international institutions with a mandate to protect human rights. In this direction, the works carried out with international partners continue, new data are obtained.
Anahit Manasyan also met with the relatives of the abducted citizen, to whom the details of the works being carried out, but not subject to publication, were presented.
The defender notes that Vagif Khachatryan is a person under international humanitarian protection, who was being transported to Armenia under the auspices of the ICRC to receive treatment. Therefore, the latter's abduction by the border guards of Azerbaijan is a gross violation of international humanitarian law.
The human rights defender recorded cases when the relatives of Vagif Khachatryan, including minors, were targeted by Azerbaijanis on social networks, particularly on Telegram channels, which is highly unacceptable and reprehensible. The defender emphasizes that this phenomenon is another proof of the Armenian hatred policy conducted by Azerbaijan.
