Artsakh human rights defender Gegham Stepanyan writes on social media. “On September 7, around 17:45, the Azerbaijani side returned the students Alen Sargsyan, Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan, who were kidnapped and illegally imprisoned while moving from Artsakh to Armenia on August 28, accompanied by Russian peacekeeping troops”.
The transfer of the Artsakhi students to the Armenian side took place near the Hakari bridge with the participation of Russian peacekeepers. They moved to the Republic of Armenia. The HRD institution of Artsakh will conduct a study on the details of the abduction of Alen Sargsyan, Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan, their treatment and health conditions during arbitrary and illegal imprisonment by Azerbaijan.
The abduction and arbitrary imprisonment of civilians, particularly Vagif Khachatryan, Rashid Beglaryan, Alen Sargsyan, Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan, and the initiation of false and fabricated criminal cases by Azerbaijan unequivocally prove that the illegal Azerbaijani checkpoint located near the Hakari bridge is a direct and undeniable threat to Artsakh civil society. for the protection of the physical existence and fundamental rights of the population. The so-called checkpoint has turned into a tool to serve Azerbaijani criminal arbitrariness, by which Azerbaijanis arbitrarily abduct civilians and deprive them of their freedom, keeping 120,000 people under siege, deprived of humanitarian access and the opportunity to protect basic human rights.
