ICRC Representatives Visit Armenian Separatists Detained In Azerbaijan

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 16. The staff of theInternational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Armeniandetainees in Azerbaijan once again in May, Ilaha Huseynova, head ofthe public relations department of the ICRC Office in Azerbaijan,told Trend .

According to the information, meetings were conducted with thedetainees, and arrangements were made for them to communicate withtheir families.

It was emphasized that the ICRC, in line with its mandate,evaluates the treatment and detention conditions of theseindividuals, facilitating the re-establishment or maintenance ofcontact between them and their families. Following ICRC protocols,observations and recommendations from visits are solelycommunicated and deliberated with the detaining party.

To note, a total of 15 members of the separatist regime areunder prosecution in a criminal case investigated by a joint teamfrom the Prosecutor General's Office and the State SecurityService. Over the years, the Prosecutor General's Office initiatedcriminal cases against these individuals, who were subsequentlyplaced on the international wanted list. Following last year'santi-terrorist measures in Karabakh, law enforcement agenciesapprehended and brought to Baku former so-called "presidents"Arkadi Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Arayik Harutyunyan, and formerso-called "foreign minister" David Babayan, so-called "chairman ofthe parliament" Davit Ishkhanyan, and generals Leva Mnatsakanyanand David Manukyan, and former so-called "State Minister" RubenVardanyan.

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