"Path of Law” NGO will provide pro bono legal services to two Armenian prisoners who were repatriated from Azerbaijan early in December and were immediately arrested on charges for violation of combat duty regulations during war or military actions, the defense team of the NGO led by Siranush Sahakyan, Ruben Melikyan and Davit Avagyan said in a released statement. 

According to it, on December 29, at 16.00, the Yerevan court is set to consider the petition on extension of detention as a measure of restraint against one of the servicemen, Robert Nalbandyan, a father of three who had also suffered a rib fracture during captivity in Azerbaijan. 

To remind, the Investigative Committee brought against some of the Armenian captives returned from Azerbaijan. The servicemen were charged with violation of combat duty regulations during war or military actions, which is punishable by imprisonment for the term of 4 to 10 years under Armenia's Criminal Code provisions.

Earlier, Nikol Pashinyan suggested the investigative bodies to investigate every case of captivity to find out circumstance of capture and determine whether there are elements of crime in their actions.