Excerpt from the testimony of victim Zhenya Pavlov Babayan.
I left the shelter in the morning to feed the chickens, I live alone, my son went to war.
I heard Men’s voices. They spoke Azerbaijani. 10 soldiers broke into my house. Seeing them, I was scared, I fell down and injured my broken leg. They said “shut up, we will take you to Baku”.
I refused, I said that I am an old woman, this is my house, I have no one in Baku, let me stay in my house (Hadrut). But they dragged me by the hand, took me and put me in their vehicle.
I was taken to three police stations. I was offered neither food nor drink. I was thirsty, I asked for tea, they brought it in a tiny glass, and then a woman threw sugar in front of me, I said I am a woman, I am not a dog, and I did not use it.
At the first 2 stations they ordered me to say that Pashinyan is not good, that he caused the war. They were filming me with cameras, they were asking questions, I was answering what they said.
After that I was taken to the third police station, where there were two Armenians. The young boy was tied up, kicked in turn, beaten constantly, and the old Armenian’s hand was broken, he was just sitting there as if there was nothing wrong with him.
On the third day, the young Armenian was thrown in a bag, dragged away and thrown into a vehicle. The other man was also placed in the car.
Question: You were alone in the hospital, there were no other Armenians.
Answer: No, I was taken alone, I don’t know where the other two ended up.
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