  Too much uncertainty with killing of Armenian captive in Baku October 8, 2010 - 12:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Ombudsman’s Office sent a written inquiry to Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg as well as to the International Committee of the Red Cross with regard to the killing of Armenian shepherd Manvel Saribekyan in Baku. “We would like to discuss the issue with the Azerbaijani Ombudsman’s office but they reject any possibility of cooperation,” RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan said. “Azerbaijan presented a civilian as a subversive to announce him a POW. Representatives of the ICRC were not allowed to visit him. Saribekyan “gave an interview” in an bad psychological condition. After this, Saribekyan allegedly hung himself. So, there are a great number of questions to be addressed,” he stated.   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
