ICRC visits Armenian family in Azerbaijan

She said they visited the Armenian family on April 16 and conducted monitoring of their detention conditions. The family sent a “Red Cross letter” to their relatives.

Armenian citizen Yegishe Petrosovich Gevorkian, 52, his wife and three children passed to the Azerbaijani territory on January 10, 2010. Armenia’s Defense Ministry said that Gevorkian didn’t pay attention to the warning of Azerbaijani border guards and passed to the territory of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan from Yeraskh region of Armenia. Azerbaijani soldiers reportedly opened warning shot.

Armenia said Gevorkian was convicted for 8 times for robbery, carjacking and other crimes.

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