The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) representatives have visited the two Azerbaijan citizens who are imprisoned in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR; Artsakh).

The communication officer of the ICRC mission in Artsakh, Eteri Musayelyan, told Armenian News-NEWS.am that this tenth visit took place on Thursday, during which family news was exchanged.

As reported earlier, 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 had sentenced Askerov and Guliyev to life and 22 years, respectively, in prison.

The saboteur’s attorneys, however, had appealed these sentences. But on March 10, the NKR Court of Appeal upheld the earlier court verdict that was reached with respect to Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev.