Armenian Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan has written to the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, the Council of Europe, the UN Commissioner for Human Rights and other international bodies on the urgent need to return Armenian POWs from Azerbaijan.

Tatoyan, in the letter, argues that even if the Armenians were captured after the November 9 trilateral ceasefire statement, they must be regarded as captives and released immediately.

Azerbaijan, according to Tatoyan, is holding these POWs for political leverage and thus violating international norms.