The Russian side still refuses to return the bodies of teenagers Tigran Ohanesyan and Nikita Khanganov, killed by the occupiers last year, to their parents or to the Ukrainian side. The invaders are going to secretly bury their bodies. This was reported by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets, UNN reports.
The occupiers tortured two Ukrainian children and refuse to give up their bodies! Last May, 16-year-old Tigran Ohanesyan and Nikita Khanganov from occupied Berdiansk were charged by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation with allegedly preparing a sabotage on the railroad. They were charged with "violating" an article that provides for 10 to 20 years in prison,
He noted that, according to human rights activists, Tigran Hovhannisyan was brutally interrogated and tortured for five days. The teenager was demanded to confess to preparing a sabotage.
As soon as I had this information, I immediately appealed to the Russian side to provide all the information about the teenagers and return them home. The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Tigran Hovhannisyan and Nikita Khanganov and demanded that the occupiers release them from the occupation,
He recalled that despite this, on June 24, 2023, the Russian occupiers killed Ukrainian teenagers in Berdiansk." There was an extrajudicial execution! Now the Russian side refuses to return the bodies of the dead boys to their parents or the Ukrainian side. According to the information I received, the Russians are going to bury their bodies secretly," Lubinets said.
The Ombudsman noted that international humanitarian law and the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, stipulate that parties to a conflict must facilitate the return of remains if requested by the opposing party or the relatives of the deceased!
I appealed to the ICRC to fulfill their mandate and allow families to bury their children. After all, the ICRC is the only international organization that has the right of access to the TOT of Ukraine. It is they who are responsible for repatriating bodies and resolving such situations! Russia's impunity and the inaction of responsible international organizations have led to the fact that the occupiers not only did not release the guys from the occupation, but also killed them, contrary to all norms! And now they are not allowing them to be buried with dignity,
Addendum
In June 2023, Russians in the temporarily occupied Berdiansk killed two teenagers, Tigran Ohannisyan and Nikita Khanganov.
In December last year, it was reported that in Berdiansk, the occupiers did not give the bodies of the murdered teenagers Tigran Ohannisyan and Nikita Khanganov to their parents.