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| 20 Azerbaijani officials accused of war crimes |
| 2023-11-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] About 20 Azerbaijani officials are involved in a criminal case for war crimes against Armenians, including the former press secretary of the Karabakh football club Nurlan Ibragimov, a representative of the Investigative Committee of Armenia told the Caucasian Knot. The "Caucasian Knot" wrote that the head of the press service of the Azerbaijani football club "Karabakh" Nurlan Ibragimov publicly called for violence against Armenians during the 2020 Karabakh war. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) permanently banned him from all activities related to professional football. “Karabakh” was fined 100 thousand euros for calls to violence against Armenians. The Karabakh leadership assured that it does not share Ibragimov’s position and promised to punish him. At the same time, the club noted that Ibragimov wrote an angry, emotional post calling for violence, as he received psychological trauma. About 20 representatives of the military-political and army leadership of Azerbaijan have been charged with committing war crimes, spokesman for the Investigative Committee of Armenia Gor Abrahamyan told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. According to him, a general criminal case was opened after the 44-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh, and charges were brought against them as part of this case. In the interests of the preliminary investigation, as Abrahamyan noted, the Investigative Committee does not consider it appropriate to name the names of the accused. “The charges are related to war crimes, in particular, to military aggression against both Artsakh ( the self-name of Nagorno-Karabakh - note of the Caucasian Knot ) and Armenia, to gross violations of humanitarian law, to the murders and torture of Armenian military and civilians, with the involvement of international terrorists,” noted Gor Abrahamyan. Among the accused is the press secretary of the Azerbaijani football club "Karabakh" Nurlan Ibragimov in connection with public calls for the genocide of the Armenian people made during the 44-day war in 2020, as well as justification of war crimes committed. The Investigative Committee of Armenia put Nurlan Ibragimov on the wanted list in November 2020, and a criminal case was opened against him under Articles 226, 393.1 and 373.1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia (provoking national, racial or religious hatred, public calls for genocide, as well as justification, mitigation or approval of genocide and other crimes against the peace and security of mankind). A petition for his detention was submitted to the Yerevan Court of First Instance. A criminal case has also been opened regarding crimes committed by Azerbaijan after the 44-day war. An investigation is underway, following which a legal assessment will be given, Abrahamyan said. |
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