Families of missing Azerbaijanis call for support from European institutions

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Lebeau, M. (2026, October 22). Families of missing Azerbaijanis call for support from European institutions. Euronews. https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/families-of-missing-azerbaijanis-call-for-support-from-european-institutions

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Euronews · collected 2026-10-22 · by Maggie Lebeau

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Families of over 4,000 Azerbaijanis who are still missing since the first Karabakh war held demonstrations this week outside EU institutions in Brussels, calling for support and information about their loved ones' fates. Organized by the Garabagh Missing Families Public Union, the demonstrators urged European officials to pressure Armenia into disclosing archive data and locations of mass graves. The rally participants wore white jackets with photos and personal details of missing relatives, emphasizing their 30-year quest for truth amid recent discoveries of 32 mass graves in Karabakh.
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Families of more than 4,000 Azerbaijanis missing since the first Karabakh war, which ended in 1994, demonstrated outside EU institutions in Brussels this week, demanding answers about their loved ones' fate. Organized by the Garabagh Missing Families Public Union, protesters wore white jackets bearing photos of their missing relatives along with dates of birth and question marks indicating uncertainty. The families hope that recent peace efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan can finally shed light on where their relatives are and lead to closure after three decades of suffering. They urged EU institutions to pressure Armenia into releasing archival information about the locations of mass graves, recently confirmed by the discovery of 32 in Karabakh.

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🔮 Families of more than 4,000 Azerbaijanis still missing since the first Karabakh war brought their demand for answers to the EU institutions, hoping that the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, after decades of suffering on both sides, could finally clarify the fate of their relatives.
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Armenia Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Karabakh Karabakh war

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Armenia GPE · 6× Azerbaijan GPE · 3× Karabakh GPE · 3× Azerbaijani NORP · 2× the Garabagh Missing Families Public Union ORG · 2× Azad Jabbarovwent PERSON · 1× Azerbaijanis NORP · 1× Brussels GPE · 1× European Commission ORG · 1× Khojaly GPE · 1×

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The families said that Armenia has not disclosed any information about the missing persons, but they hoped that the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan can now shed light on the fate of their loved ones and achieve closure. The rally participants wore white jackets, each with a picture of their loved one, their date of birth and a question mark, symbolising their unknown fate.
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🔮 Families of more than 4,000 Azerbaijanis still missing since the first Karabakh war brought their demand for answers to the EU institutions, hoping that the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, after decades of suffering on both sides, could finally clarify the fate of their relatives.

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Families of more than 4,000 Azerbaijanis still missing since the first Karabakh war brought their demand for answers to the EU institutions, hoping that the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, after decades of suffering on both sides, could finally clarify the fate of their relatives. uncertain
process → miss → relatives
Azerbaijani families of missing persons demanded support from EU institutions in Brussels during their demonstrations this week in front of the European Parliament and European Commission headquarters, as they continue to seek the truth about the fate of over 4,000 loved ones still missing since the first Karabakh war. asserted
they → miss → war
Organised by the Garabagh Missing Families Public Union, the families asked for help in their quest to establish the fate of their relatives, which include children, women and elderly people, who remain missing since the first war that ended in 1994, urging the EU institutions to pressure Armenia into disclosing archive information and the locations of mass graves. asserted
that → organise → graves
With 32 mass graves recently discovered in Karabakh, the families have emphasised that their right to know the truth after 30 years requires international attention. asserted
right → discover → attention
They said the group had not received international recognition or aid to help find their relatives. asserted
group → say → relatives
The families said that Armenia has not disclosed any information about the missing persons, but they hoped that the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan can now shed light on the fate of their loved ones and achieve closure. The rally participants wore white jackets, each with a picture of their loved one, their date of birth and a question mark, symbolising their unknown fate. asserted
participants → say → fate
"My husband Azad Jabbarovwent missing in Khojaly and for 34 years we know nothing about him," said Farida Jabbarova, a participant at the rally. asserted
Jabbarova → miss → rally
"And here, I represent him and more than 4,000 people who went missing and require justice for them and to receive information." The demonstration displayed personal items of those missing, including passports, photos and clothes. asserted
demonstration → represent → passports
According to Konul Behbudova, head of the Garabagh Missing Families Public Union, 328 missing persons were identified with DNA examinations and the remains of 273 victims were handed over to their families, but the fate of thousands is still unknown. uncertain
fate → accord → thousands
"These territories are contaminated with mines and unexploded ordinance, that's why it's difficult to find them," Behbudova said. asserted
Behbudova → contaminate → them
"Our goal is to find the places were these people were buried and find any information about their fate, to get their remains and be able to burry them and to have a place in the cemetery to visit them," Jabbarova said. asserted
Jabbarova → find → them
The plight of the Azerbaijani families is now part of the wider peace process and reconciliation between Armenia and Azerbaijan after decades of tragic wars over Karabakh which brought immense suffering to both nations, with thousands of casualties and refugees on both sides. asserted
which → bring → sides
Armenia said that hundreds of Armenians are also missing following the Karabakh wars and has also sought answers about their fate as well. asserted
hundreds → say → fate
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