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‘606 days in captivity, or escape from hell’ – story by Azerbaijanis in Armenian captivity

24 November 2015 [17:07] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Sara Rajabova

Armenian aggression against its neighboring country is not only resulted in occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territories, but left an incurable wound in hearts of Azerbaijanis.

The victims of heinous crimes of Armenian vandals still remember unprecedented cruelty committed against them. Only hostages could know and describe how it is to be kept as a hostage by Armenians.

Those, who were able to flee from the Armenian captivity, shared their stories in a documentary film made in Azerbaijan.

The documentary film "606 days in captivity, or escape from hell", dedicated to Azerbaijanis, who were taken captive by Armenians during the war in Nagorno-Karabakh and were able to flee.

The film was produced by the public association "Center for Youth Development» (ADDIM) with financial support of the Youth Fund under the Azerbaijani President.

The documentary tells about the Azerbaijanis, who were kept as slaves in one of the houses in Khankendi, in Azerbaijan's occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region. After 606 days of terrible torment and torture, they accidentally discover a map, and decide to flee.

In the film, the Azerbaijanis, who fled from the Armenian captivity, meet for the first time in twenty years. This event is one of the most extraordinary in the history of the Karabakh war, as not all were fortunate to regain the freedom.

The Azerbaijani National Security Ministry’s documents earlier revealed that Armenian vandals have set up six women- and children- only internment camps: Vardenis children’s camp (250 occupancy), Razdan children's camp (180 occupancy), Khankendi (Stepanakert) children's camp (180), Gechashen women's camp (320), Jermuk women's camp (250) and Kalbajar women's camp (150).

The film aims to bring to the attention of the world community information about the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Director of the film is Elshan Rustamov and producer - Kamil Hamidov.

Armenian armed forces occupied the Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions as a result of the fascistic methods that they employed during the bloody war.

The large-scale hostilities resulted with death of over 20,000 Azerbaijanis while over 4,000 ethnic Azerbaijanis were taken captive, hostage, or went missing as a result of the war.

The majority of those captured during the hostilities are children, elderly people and women.

The available data shows that Armenians have grossly violated the rules and provisions of the conventions on captives and hostages. They subjected hostages to brutal forms of tortures and forced them into hard labor.

Armenian generals had even kept some hostages in their own homes, which is a violation of the international law.

As of November 1, 2014, the number of Azerbaijanis taken captive, hostage, or lost stood at 4,016 including 3,256 servicemen and 758 civilians. It is unknown whether the remaining two were civilians or servicemen.

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