Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   26 April 2024

Against Illegal Arbitrariness to appeal to ECHR on Armenian captive case

Against Illegal Arbitrariness to appeal to ECHR on Armenian captive case

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS: The application on Mamikon Khojoyan’s case to be sent to the European Court of Human Rights is in the final stage. The Executive Director of Against Illegal Arbitrariness NGO Larisa Alaverdyan told Armenpress about it. “You know that it is quite a big package and requires considerable skills both legal and linguistic. I hope that one of these days we will complete the work and apply to the Court”, - said Larisa Alaverdyan.
According to the Executive Director of Against Illegal Arbitrariness NGO, after sending the application they will get a response on reception and will see how the case will develop.
An alarm call was received on the disappearance of border village Karmiraghbyur of Tavush resident 77-year-old Mamikon Tigran Khojoyan. He was last seen at an event in the village on January 28 at 14.00 - 15.00. Mamikon Khojoyan has three sons and three daughters but he lived alone. 77-year-old farmer had health problems. He was registered in the last 2-3 years and was under the control of physicians. Azerbaijani APA News Agency on January 28 informed about the citizen who crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line who by the characterization of the press service of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan was “armed subversive”. The Secretary of the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons Shahin Sayilov noted that the residents of Ali Beil village, Tovuz region noticed the Armenian citizen crossing the river and passed him to Azerbaijani servicemen. Mamikon Khojoyan died on May 20 several months after he was left free and came back from Azerbaijan.




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