The relatives of the missing were not received again from the Ministry of Defense

November 11, 2021, Yerevan One year after the 44-day war, relatives of hundreds of dead and missing servicemen are still waiting for news from their sons, brothers and husbands. Although it has not been officially confirmed, some relatives believe that their sons are alive and captured. Today, hundreds of parents again gathered in front of the Ministry of Defense and demanded an answer from the minister. Their goal is to understand what is the cause of this state indifference, when the lives of their children were sacrificed for the sake of RA. "We presented to them that there are facts, but until now it is being ignored. We understand that if they supported one parent, they should be ready to support all parents," said the mother of missing Zaven Hakobyan. "We have given our brothers to the Ministry of Defense, let the minister give us an answer. We have been wanting to see the minister for three days, but he does not accept," said Edmond Gevorgyan, a participant of the action, who is also a participant in the war and has been looking for his brother for a year. In his speech during the action of November 9, Edmon Gevorgyan called to remember our heroes name by name. "We all have lost brothers and sons who heroically defended their land, home and family in this war. We cannot forget them and the state cannot deny their feat either, they are obliged to take appropriate steps and take responsibility for the fate of the boys," Gevorgyan emphasized. No one from the staff of the Ministry of Defense received the participants of the action, and the police dispersed the protest not long after. Human rights defender Siranush Sahakyan, who is currently involved in the protection of the rights of the parents of the missing persons, expressed his belief in our conversation that the survival of many of the missing persons is not confirmed officially, because the state does not do sufficient work in this direction, does not show any interest in this issue. The government simply considers the issue closed and ignores the rights, pain, grief and open contempt of these people. Sahakyan is sure that the number of prisoners is higher than the official one, but the sad thing is that this is not confirmed not only by the Azerbaijani side, but also by our state. Human rights defender Siranush Sahakyan emphasized that many of them turned to the Red Cross on his instructions, where the fact that a number of servicemen were alive and in captivity was confirmed, so they will be consistent with their relatives in order to achieve justice.