Armenian Prisoners of War and Detainees in Azerbaijan

You are invited to a zoom conference on ARMENIAN PRISONERS OF WAR AND DETAINEES IN AZERBAIJAN

Panelists:
- Arman Tatoyan (Ombudsman/Human Rights Defender, Republic of Armenia)
- Tamara Voskanian, Esq. (Co-founder, Center for Truth and Justice
- Thomas McDonnell (Professor of Law, Pace University)

Facilitated by:
- David L. Phillips (Director, Columbia University's Program on Peacebuilding and Human Rights)

August 10, 2021 11am ET (UTC -5)

Witness reports of mistreatment, humiliation, and both mental and physical abuse oF Armenian POWs surfaced in December 2020, following the September 2020 attack on Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh in Armenian) by Azerbaijani and Turkish armed forces, as well as Turkish-backed jihadists and mercenaries. Despite cessation of hostilities in November 2020, up to 200 POWs may be presently detained in Azerbaijan in violation of international humanitarian law. More information is available at the site of Columbia'S Artsakh Atrocities project -- http://www.humanrightscolumbia.org/peace-building/atrocities-artsakh-nag...