ArmInfo. Employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited the Azerbaijani saboteurs Dilgam Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev, who are serving their sentences in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as Elnur Huseynzade, who was captured near the village of Talish in Karabakh.
As the head of communication programs of the ICRC delegation in Yerevan Zara Amatuni told ArmInfo correspondent, the visit of the three Azerbaijanis took place on April 25. "The visit was conducted in accordance with the standard procedures of the ICRC and to monitor the conditions of detention and treatment of detainees, as well as ensure the connection of detainees with their families," Amatuni said.
Amatuni noted that the question of healthcare is under attention of ICRC and is discussed by the corresponding sides, however, the information is confidential and is of no publication.
To note, Huseynzade was detained on February 1, 2017 on suspicion of attempting to commit sabotage and illegally crossing the state border of the NKR.
To recall, on 29 June 2014, Shahbaz Jalal oghli Guliyev, Dilham Gardashkhan oghli Askerov and Hasan Hasanov illegally penetrated into the territory of NKR having with then arms and ammunition and attempted a sabotage attack. They were spying and even kidnapped minor Smbat Tsakanayn, a citizen of NKR on 4 July, who was later found with deadly wounds to the head. Afterwards, on 11 July, on the Vardenis-Karvachar road, Hasanov murdered a resident of Yerevan Sargis Abrahamyan (born in 1971) and wounded Karine Davtyan, a resident of Dzoraghbyur village on the grounds of national hatred. He was killed showing armed resistance to the Armenian forces. The other two raiders were arrested. Shahbaz Guliyev, 46, and Dilham Askerov, 54, were charged under the NKR Criminal Code's Article 316 (spying), Article 350 part 2 (violation of the NKR's border by an organized group), Article 245 part 3 (illegal carrying of arms and ammunition), Article 129 part 3 point 1 (kidnapping, actions against a minor with the use of arms), Article 103 part 2 points 3,7,14 (murder combined with kidnapping by an organized group out of ethnic hatred) and Articles 33 and 103 part 1 point 14 (attempted murder of two or more people by an organized group out of ethnic hatred). On 29 Dec 2014, Dilham Askerov was sentenced to life imprisonment and Shahbaz Guliyev - to 22 years in jail. The Court of Appeal left the verdict unchanged.