Imprisonments and abductions of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) leaders, public-state figures, as well as military personnel by the Azerbaijani authorities are clearly unlawful and are absolutely arbitrary, acts of criminal nature.
With these unlawful imprisonments and political persecutions, the Azerbaijani authorities are solving global issues for themselves: humiliating the Armenian people, belittling our national values, destroying the spirit of struggle and our ethnic identity, showing their apparent advantages with the motive of revenge, inciting animosity between the two peoples and at the expense of humiliating our national and individual dignity.
Therefore, it is clear that expecting any fairness or justice from the Azerbaijani authorities is simply pointless.
Under these circumstances, the hunger strike announced by Ruben Vardanyan since April 5 (already 17 days) is a struggle to draw the world’s attention to the absolutely unlawful process being carried out and to achieve the release of all prisoners and hostages.
This is not only a question of individuals, this is a question of our country, our dignity.
The authorities of Armenia have direct legal obligation to take every step in order to act continuously and free our compatriots from unlawful persecution and to prevent new such acts.
