Armenian lawyers appeal to ECHR over facts of 19 people tortured and killed in Azerbaijani captivity

Lawyers Artak Zeynalyan and Siranush Sahakyan issued another statement on the protection of the rights of Armenian prisoners of war (POW) in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). 

According to it, during the second Artsakh war started on September 27 in 2020 as well as after the trilateral statement signed on November 9, the Azerbaijani side has continued capturing Armenian civilians and servicemen. 

"19 people who had been taken prisoner in Azerbaijan were tortured and killed by Azerbaijani servicemen, which is considered a war crime. We applied to the ECHR over the fact of killing and torturing of prisoners and other detainees," the lawyers said in statement. They have also shared the list of victims:  

Civilians

1. Eduard Shahgeldyan

2. Arsen Gharakhanyan

3. Benik Hakobyan

4. Elena Hakobyan

5. Serzhik Vardanyan

6. Ella Vardanyan

7. Genadi Petrosyan

8. Yuri Asryan

9. Misha Movsisyan

10. Anahit Movsisyan

11. Nina Davtyan

12. Misha Melkumyan

Servicemen

13. Erik Mkhitaryan

14. Gagik Mkrtchyan

15. Arayik Poghosyan

16. Vardges Ghazaryan

17. Yuri Adamyan

18. Artur MAnvelyan

19. Narek Babayan