New article offered for Criminal code for desecration of bodies
By Rashid Shirinov
The Criminal Code of Azerbaijan should include an article providing
the liability for the desecration of corpses.
This proposal was made by Vice-speaker of Milli Majlis (Parliament), Chairman of the Committee on human rights, Bahar Muradova at the Committee meeting on May 16.
She came out with this proposal after the recent facts of mutilation of corps of Azerbaijani soldiers by Armenians.
It was established that the dead bodies of Azerbaijani soldiers -- victims of April battles -- were mutilated before they were handed over. "These actions of Armenian army can be considered as a crime against humanity," she stressed.
Thirty-one Azerbaijani soldiers were killed as a result of April clash instigated by Armenia on the contact line troops on the night of April 2, 2016. All the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from the Armenian side, which used large-caliber weapons, mortars and grenade launchers.
“After their death, some had ears cut off, eyes gouged out, cut abdominal cavity,” Colonel Safar Ahmadov, the senior assistant of military Prosecutor, said earlier, on May 13 at the Milli Mejlis.
“However, the national Criminal Code does not include relevant articles in connection with such criminal acts. Therefore, the Criminal code should be amended with articles providing punishment for such crimes,” Muradova said.
Muradova also noted that the Azerbaijani civilians got serious damage to their health and property due to Armenian attacks. It is necessary to add to the Criminal Code an article ensuring the responsibility for such aggression. Muradova advised all victims to appeal to the European court of human rights.
Armenia, which keeps under occupation 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, continues its provocations in the borderline, threatening with banned weapons and throwing its nuclear waste to the rivers flowing to Azerbaijan.
“Azerbaijan, as a country subjected to terror, takes a clear stance on terrorism and is very responsible and conscientious member of the international community,” Muradova concluded.
Azerbaijan and Armenia for over two decades have been locked in conflict, which emerged over Armenian territorial claims. Since the 1990s war, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions. The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal, but they have not been enforced to this day.
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