Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ani Badalyan slammed the “sham trial” in Azerbaijan against a kidnapped elderly Armenian man.
In a post on
X, Badalyan said that the proceedings are a “show of complete disregard of any norms in Baku.”
“Sham "trial", show of complete disregard of any norms in Baku against Armenian civilian, 68-year-old resident of Nagorno Karabakh [NK] who under ICRC protection was being transported to Armenia for heart surgery and was abducted at illegal checkpoint weeks before ethnic cleansing in NK. Illegal abduction, in flagrant violation of IHL [international humanitarian law], is now followed by publication of videos and photos showing suffering of 68-year-old civilian. As requested by numerous int’l human rights orgs and institutions, Armenian POWs and civilians still kept hostage in Baku should be released,” Badalyan said.
