On September 19, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Nagorno-Karabakh again visited the two Azerbaijani detainees, and provided them with an opportunity to exchange family news.

Communication officer of the ICRC mission in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), Eteri Musayelyan, informed about the aforementioned  to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“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,” added Musayelyan.

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.