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CAPTURED ARMENIAN SOLDIER'S FAMILY ASKS PRESIDENT FOR HELP
August 13, 2013 - 14:25 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The family of Armenian serviceman Hakob Injighulyan,
who has been held captive by Azerbaijan since Aug 8, has addressed
RA President Serzh Sarsgyan and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan with
a request.
The letter published on a Facebook page created to contribute to the
soldier's release, says in part: "We know that Russian President
Vladimir Putin accompanied by the Defense Minister and other
high-ranking officials, will be in Baku. We are asking you to contact
your Russian counterparts to discuss the issue and help release of
our soldier... As to the so-called interview, we can firmly say that
Hakob was scared and only uttered the text dictated to him."
On Aug 12, Azeri media outlets spread an 'interview' Injighulyan gave
to ANS channel.
On the night of Aug 8, Injighulyan, born in 1991, failed to find
his bearings on the ground and crossed into the Azeri-controlled
territory. Representatives of the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) have not been granted access to the captive yet.
In the video, Injighulyan tells that he was "having dinner with the
other soldiers, when the officer ordered him to fetch some water." "I
said that I am tired and will go and bring the water later but he
hit me in the eye in response. I could not tolerate humiliation
and offence any longer and crossed into the Azerbaijani territory,"
he allegedly said.
Meanwhile, just a couple of days ago Shahin Sailov, the Secretary of
the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons,
said "it was clarified that the Armenian got lost and crossed into
the territory controlled by Azerbaijani armed forces."
"Azerbaijan again resorts to its "favorite" methods. But we would like
to repeat once again that our citizen will bear no legal responsibility
after he returns to Armenia," Armenian Defense Ministry's spokesman
Artsrun Hovhannisyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
It's worth reminding that on September 11, 2010, Armenian shepherd,
resident of Ttujur village of Gegharkunik province Manvel Saribekyan
was captured by the Azeri forces. Several days later, the same ANS
channel aired an interview, which, according to experts, contained
elements of psychological and physical pressure.
On the night of October 5, Saribekyan allegedly committed suicide. The
Azeri investigators said he used his shirt and sheet to hang himself.
However, when the body was transferred to the Armenian side, the
examination revealed numerous traces of torture.
August 13, 2013 - 14:25 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The family of Armenian serviceman Hakob Injighulyan,
who has been held captive by Azerbaijan since Aug 8, has addressed
RA President Serzh Sarsgyan and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan with
a request.
The letter published on a Facebook page created to contribute to the
soldier's release, says in part: "We know that Russian President
Vladimir Putin accompanied by the Defense Minister and other
high-ranking officials, will be in Baku. We are asking you to contact
your Russian counterparts to discuss the issue and help release of
our soldier... As to the so-called interview, we can firmly say that
Hakob was scared and only uttered the text dictated to him."
On Aug 12, Azeri media outlets spread an 'interview' Injighulyan gave
to ANS channel.
On the night of Aug 8, Injighulyan, born in 1991, failed to find
his bearings on the ground and crossed into the Azeri-controlled
territory. Representatives of the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) have not been granted access to the captive yet.
In the video, Injighulyan tells that he was "having dinner with the
other soldiers, when the officer ordered him to fetch some water." "I
said that I am tired and will go and bring the water later but he
hit me in the eye in response. I could not tolerate humiliation
and offence any longer and crossed into the Azerbaijani territory,"
he allegedly said.
Meanwhile, just a couple of days ago Shahin Sailov, the Secretary of
the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons,
said "it was clarified that the Armenian got lost and crossed into
the territory controlled by Azerbaijani armed forces."
"Azerbaijan again resorts to its "favorite" methods. But we would like
to repeat once again that our citizen will bear no legal responsibility
after he returns to Armenia," Armenian Defense Ministry's spokesman
Artsrun Hovhannisyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
It's worth reminding that on September 11, 2010, Armenian shepherd,
resident of Ttujur village of Gegharkunik province Manvel Saribekyan
was captured by the Azeri forces. Several days later, the same ANS
channel aired an interview, which, according to experts, contained
elements of psychological and physical pressure.
On the night of October 5, Saribekyan allegedly committed suicide. The
Azeri investigators said he used his shirt and sheet to hang himself.
However, when the body was transferred to the Armenian side, the
examination revealed numerous traces of torture.