The remains of 600 people have already been found in mass graves in Karabakh
After the second Karabakh War in 2020, the remains of 600 people were found in the discovered mass graves, Seljan Familzade, an employee of the Investigative Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan, stated at a briefing on Tuesday. According to her, the remains of 124 people were discovered in 2022, 133 in 2023 and 48 in 2024. The samples were sent for genetic testing to identify biological samples from family members of the missing. To date, the identities of 73 missing persons during the First Karabakh War have been identified, whose remains have already been identified.
Mass graves were found in the villages of Edilli, Dashalti, Saryjaly, in the city of Khojaly, the village of Askeran, the village of Farrukh, on the territory of the Shusha prison, the village of Yukhary Seidakhmedli of the Fizuli region, Kalbajar, Aghdam and other settlements.
In total, about 4,000 Azerbaijanis went missing in the first Karabakh War. Another 6 people are considered missing during the second Karabakh war. Two more soldiers went missing in 2022 in bad weather conditions. Eldar Samedov, deputy head of the working group of the State Commission for Prisoners of War and Missing Citizens, stated that 872 missing persons remained alive after the First Karabakh War.
Politics
-
Polad Aslanov, founder of the religious website xeberman.com, who went on hunger strike in the colony on 4 November, was forcibly transferred to the Penitentiary Service hospital in the evening of the same day. This was reported to Turan by his wife Gulmira Aslanov.
-
The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the preopening of the Ukrainian Center in Baku, scheduled for 9 November 2024 at 12 pm. The Ukrainian Center, originally established to promote Ukrainian culture, language, heritage and education in Azerbaijan, has been renovated and expanded to better serve its mission.
-
The health condition of activist Nijat Ibrahim has sharply worsened while he remains in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, his wife Parvin Ibrahim told Turan news agency. According to her, Ibrahim called today to report severe back pain, and he can barely move. Recently, his blood pressure has also risen, and doctors have diagnosed him with hypertension.
-
On Sunday, November 5, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan to participate in the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States. Upon his arrival at Manas 2 International Airport in Bishkek, Aliyev was greeted with a ceremonial honor guard and welcomed by Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, Akylbek Japarov, along with other officials.
Leave a review