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Lawyer Garnik Kerkonyan: “We must be the voice of our illegally detained compatriots, whose lives hang by a thread”

American lawyer Garnik Kerkonyan spoke about the importance of the appeal that lawyers for social entrepreneur Ruben Vardanyan filed with the UN Special Rapporteur on torture. According to Kerkonyan, it is possible that thanks to this document Baku will treat the prisoners properly. Another possible outcome, the lawyer says, is an increase in international support that can speed up the return of the Armenian prisoners to their homeland.

The expert also said that the release of Ruben Vardanyan and other Armenian prisoners must be a preliminary condition for any peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“Insisting on the release of all Armenian prisoners must be perceived not only as a humanitarian necessity but also as a critically important, moreover, an absolutely necessary step towards ensuring any genuine, decent and lasting peace”, said Garnik Kerkonyan.

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