Vahan Emilyevych Martirosyan, head of the “Intra-national Liberation Movement” organization, has fled to Azerbaijan as he was tired of the Sargsyan regime, Chairman of the Council on State Support to NGOs under the auspices of the Azerbaijani President, MP Azay Guliyev told on Sept. 17.

According to him, Vahan Martirosyan along with his family has appealed to Novella Jafaroglu, Chairperson of the Society for Protection of Women Rights named after Dilara Aliyeva, co-chairwoman of the South Caucasus Women`s Congress, confessing that they were fed up with the physical and moral violence against them by the Armenian regime, they have lost their unborn child in the wake of the Sargysan regime’s pressure, and that they have fled to Azerbaijan as the final option.

“Vahan Martirosyan and his family, who seek asylum in Azerbaijan, have undergone unspeakable tortures in the hands of Sargsyan’s regime. Mrs. Novella gave us detailed information about it and we in turn informed the concerned bodies about the issue. After the discussion of the issue, Vahan Martirosyan was granted permission to enter Azerbaijan,” said Guliyev.

According to him, this indicates the aggressive regime in Armenia has committed crimes against not only Azerbaijan but also its own people.

“Although we live in a state of war with Armenia which has occupied our territories, we still want human rights organizations to pay attention to such people who run from the Armenian regime, oppose Armenian invasion, and expose the Sargsyan regime whose hands have shed the blood of hundreds of Azerbaijanis,” Guliyev noted.

Guliyev expressed hope that the European Parliament, the PACE, the Council of Europe, the U.S. Department of State and other international human rights organizations will give adequate assessment of violence and inhuman treatment toward NGO activists and human rights defenders in Armenia and steps Yerevan is taking to neutralize them physically, and they will adopt a resolution condemning the actions of the Armenian government. “Otherwise, this will demonstrate once again the true nature of these organizations.”

At the same time, the Armenian citizens in Nagorno-Karabakh should know that sooner or later they will have only one choice - to live in peace within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, Guliyev added.

“Only then they will be able to get rid of the Sargsyan regime and build their own future. As the Azerbaijani side, we have stated many times that the Armenians living in Karabakh are our citizens, and we are ready to support them anyway within the framework of the constitution. We are ready to provide financial assistance to them as long as they protest against the regime and the aggressive policy of Armenia,” he said.

“Vahan Martirosyan, head of the “Intra-national Liberation Movement” organization, appealed to me for seeking political asylum in Azerbaijan. I sent his appeal to MP Azay Guliyev,” Novella Jafaroglu, Chairperson of the Society for Protection of Women Rights named after Dilara Aliyeva told.

Martirosyan’s request to get political asylum in Azerbaijan was approved, Jafarova noted.

Vahan Martirosyan, head of the “Intra-national Liberation Movement” organization, together with his wife and underage child has fled Armenia for Azerbaijan to seek political asylum to protect himself and his family.

For its activities, the opposition organization, led by Martirosyan has faced prosecution from Armenian state authorities and different officials.

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