Human Rights Watch condemns illegal prosecution of Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan

Giorgi Gogia, Associate Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division at the Human Rights Watch, referred to the wrongful conviction of 13 Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) from Shirak by a Baku court on Thursday.

“Azerbaijan’s prosecution of Armenian prisoners of war on illegal border crossing charges is a breach of Geneva Convention III,” he tweeted.

Captured combatants should have been afforded POW status and returned after hostilities ended, he added.