Ruben Vardanyan, the former state minister of Artsakh Republic occupied by Azerbaijan, who has been in illegal detention in Azerbaijan for more than a year, was isolated from the lawyers hired by his family.
About thisRTVIVardanyan's son Davit Vardanyan told the TV channel, "The key problem and absurdity of the situation is that only Azerbaijani lawyers have the opportunity to see my father. Our international lawyers have never been able to see my father, let alone contact him.
In other words, it is a complete information vacuum and complete isolation," said Davit Vardanyan. According to him, all requests of lawyers to see Ruben Vardanyan "were simply ignored or rejected." Ruben Vardanyan is also not allowed to visit "independent doctors".
"The only thing that happened was the examination that the state hospital did after his hunger strike. Some visits, as we understood, were from the Red Cross, but, again, this is not enough, because they are quite superficial," said Davit Vardanyan.
He also noted that letters can only be sent through the Red Cross, which has "very strict regulations" - no more than four pages. The son of the former State Minister of Armenia said that he calls his father, but there are "no questions" on the phone. can discuss. He also said the family is grateful to a local attorney who is "putting his life on the line."
D. Vardanyan noted that the family is "extremely grateful" to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who expressed hope that Azerbaijan will be guided by "humanitarian considerations" in its relations with the former leaders of the Artsakh Republic.
"We are incredibly grateful for such words and we hope they will be heard," he said.
Davit Vardanyan confirmed that his father was charged with 45 charges under 20 articles. According to him, the criminal file contains 25,000 pages in Azerbaijani, which are translated orally for R. Vardanyan by the translator appointed by the "investigator and prosecutor's office".
