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RA DEFENSE MINISTRY EXPECTS PROPER RESPONSE FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO RUDE VIOLATIONS OF HUMANITARIAN LAW
ARMENPRESS
August 10, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS: Several Azerbaijani mass media,
especially the APA, 1news.az and day.az websites, published today an
interview with Armenian soldiers, who are in Azerbaijan, and posted
their photos.
An official from the press and PR department of RA Defense Ministry
told Armenpress that the Azerbaijani side, using the information
for evident propaganda purposes, violates rudely the famous norms
of the international humanitarian law. The Azerbaijani side violated
especially the 13th and 27th articles of the Geneva Second and Third
Conventions respectively. The articles define that the persons, who
are under sponsorship or protection, must always be protected from
the curiosity of the society.
Accordingly, the Azerbaijani side should not have presented those
persons to the society and should have prevented the posting of
the photos. The fact that the protected persons agreed to meet
with representatives of mass media, does not imply that the heads
of corresponding bodies were relieved from their responsibilities,
because the Article 8 of the Geneva Convention (IV) says 'protected
persons may in no circumstances renounce in part or in entirety the
rights secured to them by the present Convention, and by the special
agreements referred to in the foregoing Article, if such there be'.
RA Defense Ministry calls the attention of the world humanitarian
organizations, especially the World Red Cross Committee, and expects
proper response to the activities of the Azerbaijani side.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
August 10, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS: Several Azerbaijani mass media,
especially the APA, 1news.az and day.az websites, published today an
interview with Armenian soldiers, who are in Azerbaijan, and posted
their photos.
An official from the press and PR department of RA Defense Ministry
told Armenpress that the Azerbaijani side, using the information
for evident propaganda purposes, violates rudely the famous norms
of the international humanitarian law. The Azerbaijani side violated
especially the 13th and 27th articles of the Geneva Second and Third
Conventions respectively. The articles define that the persons, who
are under sponsorship or protection, must always be protected from
the curiosity of the society.
Accordingly, the Azerbaijani side should not have presented those
persons to the society and should have prevented the posting of
the photos. The fact that the protected persons agreed to meet
with representatives of mass media, does not imply that the heads
of corresponding bodies were relieved from their responsibilities,
because the Article 8 of the Geneva Convention (IV) says 'protected
persons may in no circumstances renounce in part or in entirety the
rights secured to them by the present Convention, and by the special
agreements referred to in the foregoing Article, if such there be'.
RA Defense Ministry calls the attention of the world humanitarian
organizations, especially the World Red Cross Committee, and expects
proper response to the activities of the Azerbaijani side.
From: A. Papazian