The French newspaper Figaro has published a statement of well-known French lawyers, lawyers, the lawyers, which calls not to go unpunished to Azerbaijan for the rough violations of human basic rights. The announcement was initiated by the House of Advocates of the Montpele.
"75 years after the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Europe is facing unacceptable violations that cannot remain unanswered. The trial of the Armenian hostages in Azerbaijan is one of the most discovered manifestations of state injustice.
This trial, which international media and the European Parliament, 2025 He described as a formal resolution on March 13, violates the basic principles of human rights and shows the coordinated pressure on Armenians by the Azerbaijani regime. Azerbaijan, which has been a party to the Convention since 2002, has openly ridiculed its obligations, regularly rejects the decisions of the European Court, refusing to make decisions of discrimination and torture against Armenians. This institutionalized dictatorship reaches its peak with an unfair trial of 23 Armenians, including former heads of Nagorno Karabakh and arbitrarily arrested civilians.
These people, who were taken captive in the context of ethnic cleansing, were subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment. There are many facts that testify to the suffering they carry, especially Ruben Vardanyan, whose photos of obvious violence are observed in the photos. He is about 45 false accusations. He was able to transfer a message through a family, noting that "the presented" indictment "is not an official document, as it is not signed by the accusers. I am deprived of the right to defense. The availability of my lawyer is limited to the materials of the case, confiscated documents, psychological pressure on it. In addition, my international legal team has been banned from communicating or meeting with me and having access to the case materials. All sessions are held for a secret and closed society. The entry of international journalists and international representatives to the court is hampered. "
These words are heard as an alarm signal against the judiciary, which has become a tool of pressure and systematic humiliation in the Armenian language. This trial explicitly violates Article 6 of the Convention, which guarantees the right to a fair and public trial, an independent court.
The lack of a harsh response against these violations threatens the basis of Europe's European Rights. This is a dangerous precedent. You can't tolerate the board member state illegally, without punishment or consequence.
French and European advocates must demand presence of observers during the trial of these hostages. If European lawyers have courage to attend journalists and dissidents in Turkey, Tunisia or elsewhere, why should Azerbaijan avoid it? Is it such a supreme dictatorship in which human rights defenders are retreating? Europe cannot remain silent over this judicial scandal. European structures, member states, as well as civil society must be mobilized to end this justice mockery. The reliability of Europe as the Human Rights Defender is tempted today.
It's time to do so that impunity will never become a norm. "
