Relatives of Armenian captive address to UN
Relatives of Armenian captive Manvel Saribekyan, who reportedly committed suicide in an Azerbaijani prison last week, have requested UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to help transfer Manvel's body to Armenia.
In a letter addressed to the UN Secretary General, the relatives wrote that Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire agreement and took an Armenian citizen captive.
"Azerbaijan's statement that Manvel was a subversive does not correspond to reality. Manvel was subjected to inhuman tortures and hanged in Azerbaijan," reads the letter.
The relatives ask Mr. Ban Ki-moon to demand that Azerbaijan return the body of Manvel Satribekyan. They are hopeful that the issue will be raise in the UN and the latter will impose sanctions against Azerbaijan.
Manvel Saribekyan, an Armenian shepherd, crossed the Azerbaijani border in search of his cattle. He was taken captive on September 11 and announced a subversive. After a few months of captivity in Azerbaijan, Saribekyan was found hung.
