84-year-old Misha Malkumyan dies in Azerbaijani captivity – Armenian ombudsman

YEREVAN, October 30. /ARKA/. Misha Melkumyan, a 84-year-old Armenian civilian captured by the Azerbaijani armed forces, died tonight, Arman Tatoyan, the ombudsman of Armenia, wrote Friday morning on his Facebook page.

"Taking into account the evidence and documents about the inhuman and cruel treatment of Armenian prisoners by the Azerbaijani armed forces, it becomes clear what could have caused the death of our compatriot. My condolences to all the relatives of Misha Melkumyan," Tatoyan wrote.

The Azerbaijani authorities said on October 29 that the Armenian side refused to accept 84-year-old Misha Melkumyan. However, the results of the check of the human rights defender of Armenia confirmed that this statement does not correspond to reality.

Immediately after the mentioned statement of the Azerbaijani authorities, the human rights defender sent urgent inquiries to the competent authorities of Armenia. It turned out that in fact, according to doctors, the then state of health of the elderly person did not allow his movement.

The Azerbaijani authorities were informed about the medical report on the inadmissibility of his transfer. In response to inquiries from the human rights defender, the Armenian authorities expressed their unequivocal readiness to organize the return of Misha Melkumyan as soon as possible.
 
War in Artsakh

Since September 27, Azerbaijani troops have been carrying out military aggression along the entire length of the contact line in Artsakh, conducting artillery and rocket attacks, including against civilians and civilian infrastructures. Strikes were also carried out at civilian and military targets on the territory of Armenia.

The Azerbaijani side is supported by the Turkish Armed Forces and the foreign terrorist mercenaries recruited by it. The Turkish-Azerbaijani aggression encounters a decisive rebuff from the Armenian Armed Forces along the entire frontline.

According to the official reports on the Armenian side, Azerbaijan sustains huge losses in manpower. Its death toll since the beginning of the war is 6,854. Also 223UAVs, 16 helicopters and 25 aircraft have been downed as well as 632 armored vehicles and 6 TOS units have been destroyed since the beginning of war. More than 1,110 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred people were wounded. As a result of the war crimes committed by Azerbaijan, 39 civilians were killed and 122 wounded in Artsakh. 

Since the beginning of the war, there have been three attempts to establish a humanitarian ceasefire. All three agreements, which were reached on October 10 through the mediation of the Russian Federation, on October 17 through France and on October 25 through the mediation of the United States, were violated by Azerbaijan. -0--