Azerbaijani prosecutor-general provides Amnesty International with facts of Armenian terror
By Trend
Marie Struthers, director of Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office of Amnesty International, a globally leading human rights organization sent an official letter to Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan Kamran Aliyev on November 5, 2020, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan told Trend on Nov. 11.
Marie Struthers expressed her gratitude to the prosecutor general of the Republic of Azerbaijan for following the activities of the organization and for the letter raising concerns about impartiality on October 5, 2020 press release of Amnesty International “Armenia/Azerbaijan: Civilians must be protected from the use of banned cluster bombs”.
Meanwhile, the letter also notes that Amnesty International identified the use of ballistic missiles and rocket artillery salvos in Ganja city as well as cluster munitions in Barda on different dates.
Marie Struthers also stated that Amnesty International makes all efforts to provide impartial monitoring of the armed conflict and calls on all sides involved to fully respect international humanitarian law and protect civilians.
Prosecutor General updated Marie Struthers on criminal facts discovered since October 5, 2020, in his following letter dated November 9, 2020, addressed to Amnesty International.
Moreover, Kamran Aliyev stated that several criminal proceedings were instituted by the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate the established facts of organizing and financing the transfer of mercenaries - so-called “volunteers” by Armenian politico-military leadership and diaspora organizations operating in different countries to take part in hostilities on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The list of mercenaries was also enclosed in the mentioned letter.