{"id":98181,"date":"2020-12-02T16:18:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T10:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/human-rights-watch-accuses-azerbaijan-of-abusing-armenian-pows\/"},"modified":"2020-12-03T04:23:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T22:23:08","slug":"human-rights-watch-accuses-azerbaijan-of-abusing-armenian-pows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/human-rights-watch-accuses-azerbaijan-of-abusing-armenian-pows\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Watch Accuses Azerbaijan of Abusing Armenian POWs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Human Rights Watch accused Azerbaijani forces Wednesday of brutalizing some Armenian troops captured in the conflict over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.<\/p>\n
Acts of mistreatment were captured on video and circulated on social media over the past two months, HRW said.<\/p>\n
The rights group said in a statement the videos show \u201cAzerbaijani captors variously slapping, kicking and prodding Armenian POWs\u201d and forcing them to \u201ckiss the Azerbaijani flag,\u201d praise Azerbaijan\u2019s president, swear at Armenia\u2019s prime minister \u201cand declare that Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijan.\u201d<\/p>\n
HRW official Hugh Williamson said humanitarian law requires that POWs be protected, and he called on Azerbaijani authorities to immediately end the inhumane treatment.<\/p>\n