Human Rights Defender of Armenia Anahit Manasyan has welcomed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk’s recent statement calling for the release of all persons arbitrarily detained in Azerbaijan, including ethnic Armenians.
Manasyan underscored that all actors vested with the respective mandate, including international actors, must takes swift and proper steps to resolve the situation, her office said in a press release.
Ombudsperson Manasyan continues to raise the issues with partners.
Multiple Armenians are facing what has been widely described as “mock trials” in Azerbaijan.
A senior Armenian security official on Friday said Yerevan continues all possible efforts to achieve the release of Armenian POWs held in Azerbaijan.