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  • BAKU: Has An Azerbaijani Soldier, Captured By Armenians, Been Humili

    HAS AN AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER, CAPTURED BY ARMENIANS, BEEN HUMILIATED BY SERGEANTS AND FELLOWS-IN-ARMS?

    Today.Az
    http://www.today.az/new s/society/48617.html
    Oct 30 2008
    Azerbaijan

    Has Rafig Hasanov, captured by Armenians, decided not to return
    to Azerbaijan?

    One of the main topics, which remains the center of public attention,
    is a fact of the capturing of Azerbaijani soldier Rafig Hasanov by
    Armenians. The additional details of how it became possible were made
    public by the soldier's parents.

    According to Day.Az, officials of the International Committee
    of the Red Cross told the serviceman's parents that Azerbaijani
    serviceman Rafig Hasanov, being in Armenian captivity since
    October 8, was in an unconscious state during the meeting with
    the ICRC representatives. According to serviceman's mother Rubaba
    Hasanova, ICRC representatives met her son on October 9 for the first
    time. "They registered the fact yet were not able to have a talk as
    he was unconscious. On October 16 they held the next meeting with
    Rafig and the son dictated the letter and the ICRC representative
    wrote it down. Rafig's family wrote a response letter and submitted
    it to the ICRC Barda office.

    It should be noted that according to serviceman's father Rahman
    Hasanov, his son was humiliated by sergeants and servicemen while
    being in the army and Rahman Hasanov even filed a claim to the military
    prosecutor's office of the Gazakh region.

    He said the fact of the humiliation of his son is also admitted
    by servicemen questioned in the prosecutor's office due to the
    complaint. Neither the military prosecution nor the military unit
    provided Rahman Hasanov with the information about the circumstances
    of capturing Rafig Hasanov.

    He said on October 8 (the day of capturing) Rafig had a quarrel with
    the servicemen that humiliated him. "I went to the unit and directed
    to the post. One of the Veliyev brothers, Rafig's fellow-in-arms, told
    me that my son disappeared from the military unit at about 9:00 on
    October 8 and, he said he heard three shootings, but it was difficult
    to define the direction of the shooting".

    The content of the letter sent by Hasanov to the parents arises
    special interest. Soldier's father told APA that the letter reads
    the following.

    "I am alright. If my brother Afig has a son, call him after me. Bring
    my brother Azer with you and be friendly". According to Hasanov,
    as his son can neither read nor write, the letter was written down
    by ICRC official: "A person, who delivered the letter, told me that
    he wrote it down from Rafig's words".

    Spokesman for ICRC Azerbaijani representative Gulnaz Guliyeva confirmed
    this fact while speaking to Echo. She announced that the meeting
    was attended by official of the ICRC Baku office- a foreigner, who
    knows Azerbaijani. "She is the ICRC delegate in Azerbaijan. She was
    sent to Armenia as Hasanov does not know Russian. She could talk to
    him and translate his words to officials of the ICRC Yerevan office,
    who wrote the letter from his words in Russian. The family also wrote
    a response, delivered to Armenia.

    Thus, two moments attract special attention here.

    First of all, how did it become possible that a person, who can
    neither read nor write, was sent to the front? In the end, how did
    he take an oath? Who is to be blamed for it - parents or the Aghdam
    region military enlistment office, which recruited Hasanov in April
    of this year?

    Second, what does the tone and content of the letter, delivered to
    the parents, evidence? Doesn't it evidence that Hasanov has already
    decided not to return to Azerbaijan and follow Samir Mamedov's way?

    Unfortunately, the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan could not been
    reached for comments. But military analyst and member of the Reserve
    officers Union Uzeir Cafarov has definite information from his sources
    from abroad.

    "Unfortunately, no one pays any attention to the issue of education
    of the young people, even whether they can at least read or write
    while recruiting. We have repeatedly come across such facts in the
    army. During an oath taking one soldier reads the text and others
    repeat it and then undersign. If parents have tried to insist on
    the just decision, they would have had to fulfill those "specific
    requirements", put forward by the military enlistment offices in
    such cases. But looking at Hasanov's father you can see that he has
    no means for it".

    "We have information that Hasanov earlier told parents about his
    being beaten by the servicemen", said the expert. "Thus, he can be
    fully considered a victim of the army bullying. And for some reasons,
    the military prosecution of the Gazakh reagion, which learned about
    it, did not stop these actions for they often prefer to pretend to be
    working. The result was Hasanov's runoff from the military unit. Again
    the implied is the section of the front line, where Samit Mamedov (who
    found refuge in one of the European countries) and Eldeniz Nuriyev
    (currently imprisoned) were captured.

    "By the way, we know from reliable sources, that Hasanov has been
    worked at well while being in the captivity. I do not conceal that we
    have a certain access for specification of such issues via Georgia
    and we are grateful to our friends who assist us in getting this
    information", said Cafarov, "In his letter Hasanov hints that he does
    not intend to return home. Armenians managed to work at him while
    ours were sleeping. They have probably listed an example of Vusal
    Garachayev and Eldeniz Nuriyev, imprisoned after the captivity and
    told him about Samir Mamedov. We have learned that this information is
    true. Today our state commission for issues of captives assures that
    it takes all measures to return Hasanov. Yet, if he does not want to,
    no one will make him return. I know that his relatives, his aunt,
    living in Baku, also try to do something. They have already been both
    in the Defense Ministry and the State Commission. But it seems to me
    that everything will end like in case with Mamedov. The next 10 days
    will show how the events will develop".
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