US EditionJustice Served: Controversial Sentences in Nagorno-Karabakh Trial
Armenian separatist leaders received life or long prison terms for war crimes after Azerbaijan's 2023 Karabakh recapture displaced over 100,000 ethnic Armenians, state media reported.
- On Thursday , an Azerbaijani military court in Baku imposed terms up to life imprisonment on Armenian separatist leaders and covered trials of 15 officials plus Ruben Vardanyan, state media reported.
- After the 2023 seizure, Baku arrested separatist leaders on alleged war crimes, including waging an aggressive war, genocide, and terrorism, following nearly three decades of control.
- The court sentenced Davit Ishkhanyan, Davit Babayan and Major General Davit Manukyan to life imprisonment, with hearings largely held behind closed doors, state media reported.
- Armenia demanded the defendants' release and its Foreign Ministry said it will pursue `all possible steps`, including international legal action, raising diplomatic tensions with Baku.
- Last year a peace agreement was signed between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, mediated by U.S. President Donald Trump; the report was published February 05, 2026 09:14 pm IST, noting more verdicts expected later Thursday.
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Azerbaijan issues strong protest to Russia over lawmaker's comments on Karabakh trial
BAKU, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan issued a strong protest to Russia on Friday after a Russian lawmaker condemned the sentencing of 13 ethnic Armenians who had held senior positions in the former breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Read full story
Armenian citizens were accused of crimes against peace and humanity, genocide, war of aggression and terrorism. Among the convicted are former presidents of Nagorno-Karabakh.
These men were captured in September 2023 after Baku's military offensive in the separatist enclave. Their condemnation, paradoxically, facilitates the peace process with Armenia.
A tribunal sentenced the leader of the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which was reconquered by Azerbaijan in 2023, to prison terms. Human rights activists had criticised the proceedings.
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InternazionaleAzerbaijan hands long prison terms to former Karabakh officials
BAKU, Feb 5 - An Azerbaijani military court issued long prison sentences on Thursday to 13 former officials of Nagorno-Karabakh, where ethnic Armenians maintained an unrecognised breakaway statelet for three decades until Baku restored military control in 2023. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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