Azerbaijani ombudsman visits detained members of Armenian armed group
BAKU, MAY 20: Azerbaijan’s Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) Sabina Aliyeva once again visited the members of an Armenian armed group, who were detained on the territory of Azerbaijan, the Ombudsman’s Office told AzVision.az.
During her next unnoticed
monitoring of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice under her
National Preventive Mechanism mandate, Sabina Aliyeva once again visited the
members of the armed group, who were settled by Armenia in the liberated areas
of Azerbaijan, but detained as a part of the countermeasures for criminal acts
threatening the lives and health of our civilians and military servicemen and
handed over for the investigation being accused of committing terror acts.
It should be noted that those
persons were detained during the measures countering criminal and terror acts
resulted in the killing of four Azerbaijani servicemen and severely injuring
one civilian in the territory of Azerbaijan on 12-13 December 2020 after a
month of ceasing all hostilities in accordance with the joint statement of 10
November 2020, signed by the country leaders of Azerbaijan, Russia, and
Armenia.
During the tete-a-tete meeting
with those persons, the Ombudsman investigated the situation of ensuring their
rights. The accused persons expressed
their satisfaction with their detention conditions, nutrition, healthcare
service, and treatment.
The ombudsman privately listened
to all those persons, presented them legislative acts in their own language,
and explained their rights.
An ad-hoc report of the ombudsman based on the outcomes of this monitoring was submitted to relevant international human rights organizations.
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