BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 15. The Chairman of
the Board of the Western Azerbaijan Group Aziz Alakbarli despatched a
letter of protest to the Commissioner for Human Rights of the
Council of Europe (CoE) Dunja Mijatović following a collection of
critical inaccuracies within the report on the outcomes of her go to to
Armenia and Azerbaijan on October 16-23 of the previous 12 months, the
group instructed Development.
“Initially, we respect your go to to Azerbaijan and
the sincerity with which you met with Azerbaijani refugees from
Armenia on October 23, 2023. Your motivating feedback, significantly
the admonition ‘by no means be detached,’ left an enduring affect on
members of our group. On the similar time, with deep disappointment and
dismay, we see that your current report addressed just one ethnic
group, in twisted type, and purposefully ignored our challenge,” the
letter acknowledged. “You didn’t point out the a whole bunch of 1000’s of
Azerbaijanis expelled from Armenia, their terrible place,
difficulties, or the numerous assembly with them, which not solely
hurts but additionally violates rules of equity and impartiality.
This absence is just not merely an oversight; it is a textbook case of
bias, ethnic, and spiritual discrimination.”
“It’s acceptable to remind you that instantly after the
press launch from the Council of Europe on October 26, 2023,
relating to your go to to the area, which lacked reference to our
challenge, on October 27, we despatched you a letter expressing our concern.
As evident, the biased angle in the direction of us is persistent. Your
report solely vaguely calls on Armenia to respect the precise of
return. But, it says nothing about whose proper to return is being
mentioned. Even when we interpret this normal enchantment as associated to
the precise of return, the uncertainty of the context undermines its
that means and influence,” the letter famous.
“The sharp contradiction between the encouraging and supportive
tone demonstrated throughout your assembly with Azerbaijani refugees and
the presentation of our challenge within the report causes deep sorrow and
concern for us. This permits us to claim that the Workplace of the
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, which is
speculated to safeguard human rights and justice, primarily serves
as an instrument within the palms of anti-Azerbaijani circles,
rightfully known as ‘Armenia plus’. The veiling of the problem
of Azerbaijani refugees is just not solely offensive to them but additionally
undermines the remaining belief within the Council of Europe and its
mission. It is a betrayal of the rules of justice and
impartiality that your authoritative workplace ought to adhere to in its
work,” the letter identified.
“Whilst you really helpful us ‘by no means to be detached’, you, by
exhibiting mistrust in your rules, at the very least on this case, have
performed simply that. Nonetheless, we’ll by no means stay detached to the
wrestle for justice and the precise to return to our homeland. It’s
with this willpower that we demand you fulfill your duties and
rethink your report back to mirror our rightful trigger, which sure
infamous circles have been attempting to hinder for a few years,” the
letter emphasised.
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