Arman Khachatryan, one of the Armenian POWs who was captured on November 16 by Azerbaijan and was returned Wednesday, has been detained. This information was confirmed to Armenian News-NEWS.am by the Investigative Committee of Armenia.
The committee added that he has been charged with violating the rules of military service.
As reported earlier, five Armenian captives were returned from Azerbaijan Wednesday.
To note, a criminal charge has now been brought against the sixth Armenian soldier who was captured during the November 16 battles and then was returned.
It is said that some soldiers captured from Armenia and Artsakh by Azerbeidjan during the last war in Nagorno Karabakh are no longer alive and may have been secretly transferred to Turkey, to disguise the evidence of physical assault resulting in death and fall under the category Killed/Missing in Action which is a simple safety net for Baku and Ankara.
That’s most likely the main reason Azerbeidjan don’t repatriate all remaining and missing POW’s.
Under the international law of war, these military personnel are considered Prisoners of War (POWs) and the information would constitute a gross violation of this internationally applicable legal system.