ICRC REPRESENTATIVES VISIT AZERI NATIONALS IN KARABAKH

16:42, 13 Mar 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross
visited the two Azeri national Shahbaz Guliyev and Dilham Askerov
in Stepanakert. Communication Programs Director of the ICRC Yerevan
Office Zara Amatuni confirmed the news to Public Radio of Armenia.

ICRC representatives conveyed information about their families.

Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev are charged under Articles 7 and 5
of the Criminal Code of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. They are accused
of kidnapping and violence against a minor, murder committed by an
organized group motivated by ethnic hatred, espionage, unauthorized
border trespass, carrying artillery weapons.

The Azeri saboteurs crossed the NKR border in July, 2014. The third
commando, Hasan Hasanov, was killed, and his body was handed over
to Baku.

The actions of the subversive group left an underage resident of
Karvachar region and a soldier killed and a woman wounded.

The First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction sentenced Dilham
Askerov to life imprisonment, and Shahbaz Guliyev to 22 years in jail.

The Court of Appeals later upheld the verdict.