A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced former Nagorno-Karabakh leaders to 4 months of “preventive detention”, Haqqin.az reports.

Ex-presidents Arkady Gukasyan and Bako Sahakyan, as well as former parliament speaker David Ishkhanyan were detained on October 3.

According to a report from Turan, former President Arayik Harutyunyan, who resigned in September and has been detained too, potentially faces life imprisonment.

On September 19, Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh, which left hundreds of Armenians killed and thousands of others displaced. On September 20, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to a ceasefire on Azerbaijan’s terms, including the dissolution of the Defense Army. On September 18, President of the Republic of Artsakh Samvel Shahramanyan signed a decree, according to which the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) will cease to exist by January 1, 2024. As of 1 October, 100,625 displaced residents have already fled Nagorno-Karabakh and reached Armenia.