Argentine politicians, academics, human rights activists, journalists, cultural figures and various non-governmental organizations have issued a statement calling on Azerbaijan to speed up the return of prisoners of war (POWs) and detained persons to Armenia. The statement, which was signed by more than 100 individuals and organizations, reads:
“I, the undersigned organizations, structures and individuals, express our solidarity with the struggle of the Armenian community in Argentina for the immediate release of the Armenian POWs held by the Azerbaijani government in their country.
The behavior of the Azerbaijani authorities violates the 8th point of the trilateral statement signed on November 9, 2020, by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. It defines “the exchange of prisoners of war, hostages, other detainees and bodies,” and is a violation of international humanitarian law.
The governments of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), the highest authorities of Russia, UN human rights experts, the European Court of Human Rights, the UN Secretary General and statesmen and MPs of dozens of countries on five continents expressed their views on the immediate release of all Armenian POWs held in Baku, taking into account that this commitment is not only an integral part of the ceasefire, but also a necessary means of easing tensions to mitigate the tragic consequences of the war.”
• Argentine League for Human Rights
• Collectivities for Human Rights
• Movement for Peace, Sovereignty and Solidarity among Peoples (MOPASSOL)
• Comuna 7 Human Rights Observatory
• Communist Party
• Communist Youth Federation
• Federation of Jewish Cultural Institutions of Argentina (ICUF)
• Institute of Historical and Social Research of the National University of Patagonia
• Center for Legal, Cultural, Economic and Social Studies (CELCES)
• Human Rights Secretariat of the Education Workers Union (UTE)
• Federation of Cultural Institutions of Immigrants of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
• Free Chair of Armenian Thought, National University of La Plata
• Vissarion G. Belinski Social Cultural and Sports Club
• Flores Solidario
• Argentine Club of Journalists Friends of Cuba
• Argentine Jewish Appeal
• Friendship Committee with the Saharawi People
• Florencio Sanchez Group
• Federico García Lorca Group
• Latin American Summary
• OLP-Resist and Fight
• Association for the Unity of Our America-Argentina
• Jorge Taiana, President of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Former Minister of Foreign Relations, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic
• Pablo Daniel Blanco, National Senator
• Laura Rodríguez Machado, National Senator
• Norma Durango, National Senator
• Juan Carlos Romero, National Senator
• Nora del Valle Giménez, National Senator
• Silvina García Larraburu, National Senator
• Eduardo Valdés, President of the Foreign Relations Commission of the National Congress
• Brenda Austin, National Representative
• Waldo Wolf, National Deputy
• Enrique Estévez, National Deputy
• Luis Gustavo Contigiani, National Deputy
• Juan Carlos Zabalza, National Deputy MC
• José Ameghino Arbo, National Deputy MC
• Matías Tombolini, Vice President of the Central Bank of the RA
• Mariano Narodowski, former Minister of Education
• Carlos Melconian, economist, former President Banco Nación
• Nora Cortiñas, Mother of Plaza de Mayo Founding Line
• Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni, Judge of the Inter-American Court of Justice
• Daniel Rafecas, Federal Judge of Argentina
• León Carlos Arslanian, former Judge, former Minister of Justice of the Nation
• Diego Rovella, Buenos Aires Provincial Deputy
• Dra. Matilde Bruera, Santa Fe Provincial Deputy
• Cesar Gass Deputy Neuquen Argentina
• Sergio Nahabetian, Provincial Deputy MC
• Sergio Abrevaya, CABA Legislator
• Juan Carlos Massel, Minister of Social Development Government of Cordoba
• Julio Zamora, Municipal Mayor of Tigre
• Block of Councilors Together for Change Vicente López
• Block of Councilors Frente de Todos Vicente López
• Claudio Frangul, President of the Block of Councilors of JxCambio La Plata
• Malena Tcholakian, Councilor Vicente López
• Soledad Martínez, Councilor Vicente López
• Karina Nazabal, Councilor Lanús
• Juan Maria Furnari, Councilor Tigre
• Sofia Bravo Adamoli, Councilor Tigre
• Maximiliano Picco, Councilor Tigre
• Carla Kammann, Councilor Tigre
• Camila Benedit, Councilor Tigre
• Ana María R. Fernandes Costa, Councilor Tigre
• Mariano Pelayo, Councilor Tigre
• Pedro Cernadas, Councilor Tigre
• Marcos Tenaglia, Councilor Tigre
• Verónica Tenaglia, Juntista Commune 4 CABA
• Claudio Avruj, Honorary President of the Holocaust Museum, former Under Secretary for Human Rights
• Edgardo Adrián Form, President of the Mobilizing Institute of Cooperative Funds
• Roberto Malkassian, Consultant Professor in International Law, Faculty of Law, UBA
• Mariela Lucrecia Parisi, Dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences, Córdoba National University
• Adolfo Koutoudjian, professor and researcher at UBA
• Gonzalo Pérez Álvarez, director of the Institute for Historical and Social Research of the National University of Patagonia
• Daniel Fernando Borquez Professor of Contemporary History National University of Patagonia, Cdro.Rivadavia
• Prof. Viviana Nardoni, Director Museum of Memory of Rosario
• Dr. Mariano Eloy Rodriguez Otero, Director of the Institute of History of Spain, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters UBA
• Martin Rappallini, President of the Industrial Union of the Province of Buenos Aires
• Miguel Harutiunian, President of the Industrial Union of Tigre
• Patricio Colombo, President of the Industrial Union of Pilar
• Sergio Munné, President of the Escobar Industrial Union
• Rubén Falabella, President of the Industrial Union of Zárate
• Alberto García, President of the Industrial Union of Exaltación de la Cruz
• Néstor Manucci, President of the Campana Industrial Union
• Rodrigo Herrero Bravo, President of the Strategic Dialogues Foundation
• Pablo Lázaro, Grand Master Grand Lodge of Argentina of Free and Accepted Masons
• Alejandro Portas Dalmau Second Vice President UCEDE
• Víctor Kot, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Argentina
• Mauro Haddad, National Secretary of the Communist Youth Federation
• Tilda Rabi, President Federation of Argentine Palestinian Entities
• Celina A. Lertora Mendoza Foundation for the study of Argentine and Ibero-American thought
• Juan Mateo Kravic Foundation for the study of Argentine and Ibero-American thought
• Roberto Perdia, lawyer
• Norman Briski, actor
• Carlos Aznarez, journalist
• Eduardo Aliverti, journalist
• Cristian Sirouyan, journalist
• Magdalena Tagtachian, journalist and writer
• Daniel Vitar, journalist
• Ariel Crespo, journalist
• Luis Morado, visual artist
• María Torrellas, documentary filmmaker
• Jorge Falcone, documentary maker
• Osvaldo Peula, Secretary PC CABA
• Jorge Cantor, social leader
• Alejandro Ignaszewski, social leader
• Graciela Fernandez Meijide, human rights leader
• Ana María Ramb, writer Luis Morado, visual artist
• Graciela Masetti, writer
• Ana Arzoumanian, writer
The initiative is from IARA (Armenian Institutions of the Argentine Republic)
