Prosecutor General`s Office of Azerbaijan announces completion of  investigation into trumped up cases against 15 representatives of  Artsakh held in Baku prisons

ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan announced the completion of the investigation into fabricated cases against 15 representatives of Artsakh held in Baku prisons. As the Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan Kamran Aliyev stated, speaking at a conference in occupied Stepanakert, the so-called criminal cases will soon be brought to court.

According to him, "the rights of those arrested were respected in  accordance with the requirements of international conventions.  Currently, the accused and lawyers are familiarizing themselves with  the materials of the criminal case." However, he did not specify who  he was talking about.

The exact number of Armenian prisoners of war and hostages held in  Azerbaijani prisons is still not known.  According to experts, there  are several hundred of them. Among those held in Azerbaijani  captivity are 8 former and current representatives of the  military-political leadership of Artsakh. These are former Presidents  of Artsakh Arkady Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Arayik Harutyunyan,  former Minister of Foreign Affairs David Babayan, as well as Speaker  of Parliament David Ishkhanyan, ex-commander of the Artsakh Defense  Army, General Levon Mnatsakanyan, General David Manukyan and  ex-Minister of State Ruben Vardanyan.

All of them were captured after Azerbaijan's aggression against  Artsakh on September 19-20, 2023, which followed an almost 10-month  blockade of the NKR.