Press Release about the disclosure of K. Petrosyan´s death
17:48, September 18, 2014 | Announcements, Joint
On 15 September 2014 Ms. Larisa Alaverdyan, Mr. Avetik Ishkhanyan, Mr. Artur Sakunts, the representatives of human rights NGOs, have submitted a letter to the European Committee on Prevention of Torture (Council of Europe), to the Committee against Torture (UN), as well as to the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (UN) in respect of the fact that Karen Petorsyan (inhabitant of Chinar village, Tavush region, Republic of Armenia) mistakenly appeared on the territory of Azerbaijan and consequently has been tortured and subjected to the inhuman treatment by the military personnel of Azerbaijani Armed forces.
The representatives of human rights NGOs made a request to the aforementioned international organizations to undertake all the possible measures under their status, which will ensure a conduct of proper investigation to reveal the circumstances of Karen Petrosya’s torture, inhuman and degrading treatment and death. All the necessary grounds to institute the actions under the jurisdiction of the international organizations in question, as well as of the European Court of Human Rights have been presented in the letter.
The representatives of human rights NGOs called upon the international organizations to be consistent to the issue of conduct of impartial and complete survey of the present case.