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ANS TV, Azerbaijan
Aug 12 2013
Captive Armenian private speaks about "mistreatment"
A private of the Armenian army has said that he crossed the
Azerbaijani border after a brawl with his commander, Azerbaijani ANS
TV channel showed him as saying on 12 August.
The channel carried an interview with private Hakob Injigulyan who
crossed into the Azerbaijani-controlled area on the night of 7-8
August. "Close to the evening, the platoon commander ordered me to go
for water. I told him I was tired and that I would go later. He told
me who are you to ignore my order. He kicked me on the eye and we
brawled. That is why I was forced to cross the border into
Azerbaijan," Injigulyan said.
ANS quoted the soldier as saying that he was not fit for the military
service and was conscripted regardless, adding that there was
"unbearable" condition in the army. Injigulyan said that he was sent
to serve in Nagornyy Karabakh instead of Armenia since he had to pay
bribe.
The Karabakh bureau of Baku-based APA news agency reported on 8 August
that Hakob Injigulyan and another Armenian soldier crossed the border
line into Azerbaijan near Agdam District on the night of 7-8 August.
Injigulyan was captured, while the other soldier was injured in a mine
explosion when he attempted to escape near the Armenian-controlled
area, APA said. The website said Injigulyan was captured by local
shepherds. On 14 August, APA identified the second soldier as Armenak
Akopyan.
Sahin Sayilov, secretary of the State Commission for Prisoners of War,
Missing Persons and Hostages said that Injigulyan will be allowed to
return his country if he wishes so, APA said.
On 8 August, news.am Armenian website quoted the press service of the
Nagornyy Karabakh defence army as saying that Injigulyan was "taken
captive" by Azerbaijan after he lost his way at about 0300 [2300 gmt]
and ended up in the Azerbaijani-controlled area. Armenia also denied
reports that the second soldier was wounded.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijani Defence Ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu
commented on his Armenian counterpart Artsrun Hovhannisyan's statement
that a broadcast of the interview with the Armenian soldier violated
the Geneva Convention for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
"I want to ask him [Hovannisyan]. Did he think about the treatment of
Azerbaijani hostages when reminding us of the Geneva convention? The
interviews with Azerbaijani hostages taken under pressure were
repeatedly broadcast almost on daily basis by TV channels in Yerevan.
These video clips are used up until now. Is this not the violation of
the Geneva convention?" APA quoted Sabiroglu as saying.
[Translated from Azeri]
Aug 12 2013
Captive Armenian private speaks about "mistreatment"
A private of the Armenian army has said that he crossed the
Azerbaijani border after a brawl with his commander, Azerbaijani ANS
TV channel showed him as saying on 12 August.
The channel carried an interview with private Hakob Injigulyan who
crossed into the Azerbaijani-controlled area on the night of 7-8
August. "Close to the evening, the platoon commander ordered me to go
for water. I told him I was tired and that I would go later. He told
me who are you to ignore my order. He kicked me on the eye and we
brawled. That is why I was forced to cross the border into
Azerbaijan," Injigulyan said.
ANS quoted the soldier as saying that he was not fit for the military
service and was conscripted regardless, adding that there was
"unbearable" condition in the army. Injigulyan said that he was sent
to serve in Nagornyy Karabakh instead of Armenia since he had to pay
bribe.
The Karabakh bureau of Baku-based APA news agency reported on 8 August
that Hakob Injigulyan and another Armenian soldier crossed the border
line into Azerbaijan near Agdam District on the night of 7-8 August.
Injigulyan was captured, while the other soldier was injured in a mine
explosion when he attempted to escape near the Armenian-controlled
area, APA said. The website said Injigulyan was captured by local
shepherds. On 14 August, APA identified the second soldier as Armenak
Akopyan.
Sahin Sayilov, secretary of the State Commission for Prisoners of War,
Missing Persons and Hostages said that Injigulyan will be allowed to
return his country if he wishes so, APA said.
On 8 August, news.am Armenian website quoted the press service of the
Nagornyy Karabakh defence army as saying that Injigulyan was "taken
captive" by Azerbaijan after he lost his way at about 0300 [2300 gmt]
and ended up in the Azerbaijani-controlled area. Armenia also denied
reports that the second soldier was wounded.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijani Defence Ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu
commented on his Armenian counterpart Artsrun Hovhannisyan's statement
that a broadcast of the interview with the Armenian soldier violated
the Geneva Convention for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
"I want to ask him [Hovannisyan]. Did he think about the treatment of
Azerbaijani hostages when reminding us of the Geneva convention? The
interviews with Azerbaijani hostages taken under pressure were
repeatedly broadcast almost on daily basis by TV channels in Yerevan.
These video clips are used up until now. Is this not the violation of
the Geneva convention?" APA quoted Sabiroglu as saying.
[Translated from Azeri]