Vagif Khachatryan is merely punished for being born in Nagorno-Karabagh and for living on his ancestral land: Edmon Marukyan

Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large Edmon Marukyan referred to the trial of Vagif Khachatryan in his X microblog (former Twitter).

 

“The trial of Vagif Khachatryan, abducted from Nagorno-Karabakh, has started in Azerbaijan today. He, of course, has nothing to do with the crime, he is merely punished for being born in Nagorno-Karabagh and for living on his ancestral land. 

 

I want to make this very clear, in Azerbaijan, where the government has not changed for more than 20 years, during which 5 presidents were elected in Nagorno-Karabakh, which Freedom House rated as partially free with 37 score by all indicators, and Azerbaijan – Not Free, with 9 scores, there cannot be a fair trial, fair court and/or fair accusation. 

 

All existing proceedings are a farce, a mockery of the European Convention and a violation of all universally accepted international norms in the context of all obligations undertaken by Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan must end the treatments that degrade people’s fundamental freedoms and human dignity and release all prisoners from Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh immediately.

 

P. S. In the video you can see a crying man in the fake court hearing,” Marukyan stated.