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Ombudsman: â€œSometimes ICRC censors, exerts pressure on parents with regard to correspondence of captives and hostages from Azerbaijanâ€

31 March 2010 10:33 (UTC +04:00)

According to the Ombudsperson of Azerbaijan, despite long time has passed since soldiers of Azerbaijani Armed Forces Rafig Rahman oglu Hasanov (October 8, 2008), Anar Khanbaba Hajiyev (May 10, 2009) and civilian Eldar Haydar Tagiev (December 28, 2009) were taken captives, they are still in the Armenian captivity. The Commissioner also appealed the Baku office of the ICRC on the basis of complaints of parents and relatives of the POWs.

Suleymanova noted the importance of correspondence between captives, hostages and their relatives taking into account of their psychological condition. She said sometimes local representation of ICRC censors, exerts pressure on parents with regard to correspondence of captives and hostages from Azerbaijan and added that it was a violation of rights.

Wagner highly appreciated the Azerbaijani Ombudsperson’s attention to the issue of rights and freedoms of prisoners and hostages, and thanked her for what she attaches great importance to the cooperation with ICRC. She noted that staff regional offices of the ICRC met with the captives and hostages, monitored their conditions.