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ICRC visited Vardanyan, Araik, and other separatists, and conditions were created for them to contact families

24 October 2023 16:50 (UTC +04:00)

In October, the ICRC representatives visited all the Armenian detainees notified by the Azerbaijani authorities as well as Azerbaijanis detained in Armenia, the Head of the Public Relations Department of the ICRC office in Baku Ilaha Huseynova, told APA.

She noted that private meetings were held with the captured persons and conditions were created for them to establish contact with their families: “According to its mandate, during such visits, the ICRC assesses the treatment of detainees and conditions of detention and helps to ensure that the detained individuals can restore or maintain contact with their families. As per the ICRC’s procedures, the observations and recommendations related to its visits are only shared with the detaining authorities."

Note that Law enforcement agencies of Azerbaijan detained Davit Manukyan, Lyova Mnatsakanyan, Ruben Vardanyan, Arkadi Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Araik Harutyunyan, who led the separatists in Garabagh, and Davit Ishkhanyan, who was the so-called "parliament chairman", and "foreign minister" Davit Babayan and brought them to Baku.