The Azerbaijani court upheld the verdict against Karabakh citizen Arsen Baghdasaryan.

The closed hearing took place on Wednesday, haqqin.az reported quoting Kəpəz TV.

As reported earlier, the Azerbaijan authorities have sentenced captured NKR citizen Arsen Baghdasaryan to fifteen years in a maximum security prison.

Within the framework of this hastily concocted case, Arsen Baghdasaryan was charged with “sabotage.” The actions against Baghdasaryan were a response to arrest and conviction of two Azerbaijani citizens Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev who were arrested with weapons in the hands and did not deny they were guilty.

The case brought against Arsen Baghdasaryan is also a vivid illustration of Azerbaijan’s violation of international human rights. The Azerbaijani authorities had not permitted the International Committee of the Red Cross representatives to see him for 1.5 months since his capture. Baghdasaryan was taken into Azerbaijan captivity last December.