Azeri prosecutor seeks 15-year jail term for kidnapped Karabakh civilian

Azeri prosecutor seeks 15-year jail term for kidnapped Karabakh civilian
November 7, 2023 - 15:29 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - An Azerbaijani prosecutor is seeking a 15-year jail term for Vagif Khachatryan, a resident of Nagorno-Karabakh who was kidnapped by the Azerbaijani military on his way to Armenia on July 29. He was accompanied by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Khachatryan is currently standing trial on fabricated charges in Baku.

At a court hearing on Tuesday, November 7, the prosecutor said 68-year-old Khachatryan must serve five years of his sentence in prison and be transferred to a high-security correctional facility for the remaining part, Azerbaijani media report.

Khachatryan is being tried on trumped-up charges of "genocide" and "deportation or forced exile of population" in the village of Meshali on 22 December 1991. He has denied all charges, noting that witness statements have been falsified.

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