ArmInfo.Baku will raise the issue of Azerbaijani saboteurs Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev serving their sentences in Artsakh at the OSCE PA in Kyrgyzstan.
According to the First Deputy Speaker of the Milli Majlis (parliament) of Azerbaijan, Bahar Muradova, the issue of Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev is constantly raised in the framework of international events, appeals are made for the release of Azerbaijanis convicted by the laws of the "illegal regime." "Unfortunately, there is no progress in the issue of their release. Without concrete mechanisms and real pressure, voiced opinions remain unheard. Nevertheless, I believe we should not allow that the issue is removed from the agenda. Azerbaijan will keep the issue in the focus of attention. And it is necessary to try to take serious measures to return to their homes the people who have limited mobility in their country, "said Muradova.
To recall, on 29 June 2014, Shahbaz Jalal oghli Guliyev(1968), Dilham Gardashkhan oghli Askerov(1960) and Hasan Hasanov illegally penetrated into the territory of NKR having with them 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 articlesfull 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.