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Azerbaijani soldier’s body found near Armenian military post

November 23, 2017 By administrator

The body of an Azerbaijani soldier was found near one of Armenia‘s military posts on Thursday, November 23 morning.

According to the defense ministry press service, the serviceman is a Captain of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces who defected after a crime was committed in the military unit.

The Armenian defense ministry said it is ready to facilitate the transfer of the body to the Azerbaijani side through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

An investigation into the details of the incident is underway.

Azerbaijan holds body of a killed Armenian serviceman: ICRC

April 13, 2016 By administrator

210190 The representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Azerbaijani office told the ICRC Karabakh mission’s representative that the body of one killed Armenian soldier is currently in Azerbaijan.

“Negotiations for the return of the body are currently underway,” chairman of Karabakh’s state commission on prisoners of war, hostages and missing persons, Viktor Kocharyan told Yerkir.am.

“There’s no certain date for the return for now. We are not even sure whether the soldier is Armenian or not, but we do know that we have one missing serviceman.”

The parties to the Karabakh conflict agreed on a bilateral cessation of fire along the contact line which came into force at midday, April 5.

Prior to that, on the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh.

The Armenian side has suffered 75 fatalities, 122 more were wounded.

As of April 5, the Azerbaijani side has lost 26 tanks and 4 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as 1 BM-21 Grad multipl e rocket launcher, 1 engineering vehicle, 2 military helicopters and 14 unmanned aerial vehicles. The Azerbaijani side has admitted the loss of 31 fighters, 1 helicopter and 1 unmanned drone, whereas the Armenian side’s photo and video materials show dozens of killed Azerbaijani troops, 1 helicopter and 3 UAVs. Opposition media outlets, however, reported on the death of 95 Azerbaijani soldiers, stating that 39 more have been wounded. According to Karabakh authorities, 300 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in clashes.

14 Karabakh tanks have been neutralized since April 2.

Parents of a beheaded soldier by Azerbaijan still waiting for his body

April 6, 2016 By administrator

f5703c0d915273_5703c0d9152af.thumb Press secretary of Defense Ministry published the names of soldiers killed during the military operations.

Kyaram Sloyan, 1996, was among the victims. The latter’s photos were earlier published by Azerbaijani media. In particular a photograph of an Azerbaijani soldier holding Syloyan’s severed head was disseminated.

Journalists have spoken to Sloyan’s father, Khalal Sloyan, who said that he wasn’t broken.

“I will again send my children to the army, I myself will go with them. Six people have already gone there, I was going too, but … I’m waiting for my son’s corpse. I just have one request, please bring my son’s body,” Khalal said.

Sloyan’s uncle said he would take the Kyaram’s revenge on barbarian Azerbaijani soldiers.

Azerbaijani media social media users earlier widely disseminated photos showing beheaded soldiers

Armenian Genocide survivors’ bodies to be exhumed for beach resort

June 30, 2015 By administrator

Barely two months after the 100 year anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, relatives of those who survived the mass killings are now fighting to prevent the graves of their loved ones from being exhumed to make way for a luxury resort in the coastal town of Byblos. Report tert.am
Escorted by police, a group of laborers arrived at the historic cemetery Monday morning to begin digging up the graves, but they were stopped by a last minute court order filed by the relatives of one of the deceased. Relatives had previously filed a complaint in March soon after the project was first announced and a judge had opened an investigation into the case. Yet despite this ongoing investigation, an attempt to dig up the graves was made yesterday, according to Vartan Avakian, great-grandson of Hagop Avakian, who was born in 1894 in Turkey and among the earliest genocide survivors to settle in Lebanon, Beirutreport.com reports.

The younger Avakian, who has been researching and lobbying officials about the case for the last few months, has said his family members notified local authorities when the workers showed up. Through a lawyer, they then contacted Judge Joseph Ajaka of the court of urgent matters who has now issued a temporary stop order until the investigation is complete.
The Church has announced that the bodies will be honored at a new shrine far from the coast, but this will reportedly serve as a mass grave. It’s hard to imagine why a developer or the church don’t find it problematic to exhume the graves of genocide survivors. The idea that the church itself could be used for a resort project is likely to upset many in the community who frequented the place of worship for family events or attended a primary school that was part of the church complex.