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STEPANAKERT. – Representatives of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) recently visited the two Azerbaijani prisoners, Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev, in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR; Artsakh).

Communication officer of the ICRC mission in Artsakh, Eteri Musayelyan, informed about the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“The ICRC (…) provided them with an opportunity to exchange family news,” added Musayelyan. “According to its mandate, the ICRC will continue its visits to these individuals in detention on a regular basis to monitor treatment and conditions of detention and help to ensure that the detainees are able to maintain contact with their families.”

Azerbaijani sabotage and intelligence-gathering team member Dilham Askerov was charged with espionage; unauthorized border trespass; kidnapping and violence against a minor, committed by an organized group; murder committed by an organized group motivated by ethnic hatred; and attempt of murder of two persons, committed by an organized group, motivated by ethnic hatred. The other team member, Shahbaz Guliyev, on the other hand, was charged with espionage; unauthorized border trespass; kidnapping and violence against a minor, committed by an organized group; and murder committed by an organized group motivated by ethnic hatred.

On December 29, 2014, the First Instance General Jurisdiction Court of the NKR sentenced Askerov and Guliyev to life and 22 years, respectively, in prison.

The NKR Courts of Appeal and Cassation also upheld this verdict.

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