BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 3. On July 3, an open
court docket listening to continued within the legal instances towards residents of
the Republic of Armenia, together with Arayik Harutyunyan, Arkadi
Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Davit Ishkhanyan, David Babayan, Levon
Mnatsakanyan, and others, who’re accused of committing crimes
towards peace and humanity, conflict crimes, together with the preparation
and conduct of an aggressive conflict, genocide, violation of the legal guidelines
and customs of conflict, in addition to terrorism, financing of terrorism,
forcible seizure and retention of energy, and quite a few different crimes
ensuing from Armenia’s army aggression towards Azerbaijan,
Pattern studies.
The listening to was held on the Baku Army Court docket, presided over
by Choose Zeynal Agayev, with judges Jamal Ramazanov and Anar Rzayev
(reserve decide Günel Samedova). The accused had been supplied with
interpreters of their most well-liked languages and protection
attorneys.
The session was attended by the accused, their protection
attorneys, among the victims, their authorized heirs and
representatives, in addition to prosecutors representing the state.
Choose Zeynal Agayev launched the judicial panel, the prosecutors,
interpreters, and others to the victims taking part for the primary
time, and defined their rights and obligations beneath the legislation.
Throughout the court docket proceedings, testimonies got by
people who had been taken captive or hostage in territories
previously occupied by Armenian armed forces, in addition to these
injured or in any other case harmed by Armenian army fireplace.
Sufferer Mobil Ahmadzade testified that on November 8, 2020, a
shell fired from an Armenian tank exploded close to him, inflicting extreme
shrapnel wounds to each legs, after which he misplaced consciousness. He
remained in a forest for 5 days, and on November 13, he awakened
within the cabin of a Gazelle car, mendacity on a stretcher with an
unidentified particular person in army uniform close by. When he requested for
water in Azerbaijani, the particular person kicked him within the head and
refused. Realizing he had been captured by Armenians, he misplaced
consciousness once more. Upon waking, he discovered each his arms tied to a
mattress with ropes and his proper thigh amputated. He was taken to
Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, the place he was tortured a number of
instances throughout his captivity. In response to a query from Senior
Assistant Prosecutor Vusal Aliyev, he said he was handed over to
Azerbaijan on December 14, 2020.
Sufferer Fazail Asadov reported that on Could 7, 1992, through the
protection of Shusha, he sustained a gunshot wound to his proper thigh
from Armenian armed forces’ fireplace. Throughout the identical incident, Ali
Hasanov and Elbrus Dashdamirov, who had been defending the town with
him, had been killed, whereas Ali, an worker of the Nasir and Gakh
District Police Division, went lacking. Ali Rasulov, Ahmad, and
Polad from Gakh district additionally sustained shrapnel wounds to varied
elements of their our bodies.
Sufferer Eldar Abdullayev said that in June-July 1993, he was
captured in a wounded state by Armenian armed forces within the Aghdara
district. He had sustained gunshot wounds to his proper arm, left
leg, and chest, shedding consciousness as a result of blood loss. He was
taken to Khankendi, the place he was held in a youngsters’s hospital
till late March 1994, when he was handed over to Azerbaijan.
Throughout this era, he witnessed unimaginable atrocities dedicated
by Armenian forces towards Azerbaijani captives. In response to a
query from Nasir Bayramov, head of the State Prosecution
Division of the Prosecutor Normal’s Workplace, he mentioned he was
subjected to varied types of strain and inhumane therapy day by day
whereas in captivity. Regardless of his accidents, he acquired no essential
medical care. Armenian guards and army personnel visiting the
hospital recurrently beat wounded Azerbaijani captives with rifle
butts, rubber batons, and kicks, focusing on their wounds, urgent
burning cigarettes into their our bodies, and stabbing knives into
their wholesome limbs.
Armenians additionally entered wards holding Azerbaijani girls and
youngsters captives, beating and torturing them. Throughout his time in
the kids’s hospital, Abdullayev witnessed one wounded
Azerbaijani being overwhelmed to dying.
In response to questions from state prosecutor Fuad Musayev, the
sufferer recalled solely the title of Albert Voskanyan, who was concerned
in prisoner exchanges. Though Voskanyan didn’t personally beat
him, he gave orders to Armenian guards to torture him after their
conversations, and these orders had been carried out with cruelty.
Sufferer Elnur Mehdiyev said he was held in Armenian captivity
in Khankendi for six months, throughout which he misplaced his well being as a result of
torture. After being captured in February 2000, Armenian troopers
brutally beat him with fists, kicks, and rifle butts. They tied him
to a pole with ropes and left him barefoot within the snow in a single day,
inflicting frostbite that led to the amputation of all toes on his
left foot. In July 2000, he was taken to Armenia and held in a
detention facility till his launch on July 18, 2000. Responding
to prosecutors, Mehdiyev mentioned he didn’t resist after being
captured and was tortured solely as a result of he was Azerbaijani.
Sufferer Intigam Mammadov testified that he participated in
battles in 1992. Close to the village of Ashagi Veysalli within the Fuzuli
district, he was shot in the appropriate leg, misplaced consciousness as a result of
blood loss, and was captured by Armenian forces. He was held in a
basement in Khojavend district till December 10, 1992, when he was
handed over to Azerbaijan. Throughout his 35 days in captivity, regardless of
his accidents, he was brutally overwhelmed and subjected to extreme
torture. On the primary day, an aged Armenian got here to the basement
and tortured him with out saying a phrase.
Sufferer Shahruz Aliyev recounted that in February 1992, Armenian
forces surrounded his village of Garadaghly within the Khojavend
district, capturing residents and taking them to Khankendi. Many
younger individuals had been shot en route. Throughout captivity, Armenian
troopers beat him and different captives day by day with iron objects and
left them within the snow for hours in freezing climate. Some captives
died from the torture. Aliyev was launched after 54 days. He famous
that his cousin Habil Zeynalov and uncle’s son Khaliq Aliyev had been
killed by Armenians, and his brother Vatan Aliyev, captured with
him, was held individually, leaving his destiny unknown.
Sufferer Khudayat Taghiyev reported that each one his members of the family
besides him left Garadaghly because of the state of affairs. From February 10,
1992, the village was beneath siege. Armenian forces entered the
collective farm constructing, lined up residents, and took them
captive. Younger males had been loaded into one car, whereas girls and
aged males had been positioned in one other. Armenian troopers tortured and
beat Eldar Dadashov, and an Armenian named Mamvel shot him lifeless
with a pistol. Additional alongside, Demir Huseynov and Fadail Huseynov
had been pulled from the car and killed. At a spot referred to as “Beylik
Bagi,” Armenians stopped the autos once more and killed over 30
villagers. The remaining hostages had been taken to Khankendi and held
in a basement. After someday, 20 villagers, together with Taghiyev,
had been transferred to Khankendi jail, the place they endured extreme
torture and inhumane therapy. On March 30, Taghiyev and 9
others had been launched within the “Garagach Cemetery” space of Aghdam
district and handed over to Azerbaijan.
Sufferer Aydin Ahmadov was captured in a wounded state on December
28, 1991, in Karkijahan village by Armenian forces and troopers of
the previous Soviet 366th Regiment. Others had been captured with him.
Instantly after seize, they had been overwhelmed with iron and picket
objects and rifle butts, then taken to a special-regime detention
facility in Khankendi, the place they confronted extreme torture. Ahmadov,
responding to prosecutor Vusal Abdullayev, mentioned he sustained
shrapnel wounds to his leg and head. Regardless of his accidents, Armenian
troopers struck his wounds with kicks and rifle butts. Guards
entered his cell a number of instances day by day, brutally beating him. He was
later bought to an Armenian named Serjik and was handed over to
Azerbaijan six months later.
Sufferer Nizami Ismailov testified that he suffered throughout
Armenia’s aggressive conflict towards Azerbaijan. In February 1992, when
Armenian forces shelled Shusha, he and his mom had been injured. He
misplaced his well being, family members, and property as a result of Armenia’s
aggression.
Sufferer Hidayat Asgarov reported that on December 28, 1993,
Aghdam district was shelled by Armenian forces, and he was wounded
in each legs and his left arm. Armenian troopers captured him and
killed one different particular person with him. He was held in captivity close to
Khankendi, in Shusha jail, and in Khankendi’s youngsters’s hospital
till Could 8, 1995, when he was returned to Azerbaijan. Throughout this
time, he was repeatedly overwhelmed with fists, kicks, iron, and rubber
batons by Armenians, together with these named Armen and Samvel, and
subjected to extreme torture.
Sufferer Aqil Guliyev said that when Garadaghly was occupied in
February 1992, civilians had been brutalized, burned alive, and their
houses shelled with heavy tools. He sustained gunshot wounds to
each legs, shedding his well being. In response to a query from
Assistant Prosecutor Tugay Rahimli, Guliyev mentioned his property in
Khojavend was looted by Armenians.
Sufferer Tahir Jafarov was captured by Armenian forces through the
occupation of Lachin on Could 18, 1992. He was held in Khankendi
till mid-July, then transferred to Khojali, Khojavend, and Gorus
in Armenia. He was handed over to Azerbaijan on August 13, 1992.
Like others, he endured torture throughout captivity, receiving solely a
cup of water and a small piece of dry bread day by day. His tooth was
pulled out with pliers in Khankendi as a result of he was Azerbaijani.
Sufferer Fikrat Aslanov, captured whereas wounded, was taken to
Armenia and held in a detention facility for one 12 months and 9
months. Different Azerbaijanis had been additionally held captive. In Yerevan,
prisoners confronted horrific torture and compelled labor. Some captives
died, and two Azerbaijanis had been buried within the yard of a girls’s
jail.
Sufferer Tacir Ismailov testified that on the night time of February
25-26, 1992, Armenian forces shelled Khojali from all sides.
Serving as a policeman at Khojali Airport, he mentioned no escape route
was offered for civilians through the occupation. The town was
shelled with heavy tools, focusing on civilians. Armenia aimed to
intimidate Azerbaijanis by massacres in Khojali, Meshali, and
Garadaghly. In response to state prosecutor Tarana Mammadova,
Ismailov mentioned he misplaced 14 kinfolk. His brother Vidadi Ismailov was
captured, had each arms damaged, and was shot together with two different
Khojali residents.
Sufferer Anar Mammadov was wounded in the appropriate leg by a shell
explosion on September 23, 1993, and captured by Armenian forces.
He was held in Khojavend’s police division and Khankendi’s
youngsters’s hospital, the place he was brutally overwhelmed and tortured by
Armenian guards. A picket object broke his backbone, requiring a protracted
interval in a solid. He was freed on June 8, 1995, in Aghdam.
Victims additionally answered questions from the accused, their
attorneys, and their very own representatives. Forensic medical
examination studies concerning the victims had been introduced in court docket.
The trial will proceed on July 4.
The Republic of Armenia, its officers, armed forces, and
unlawful armed teams, beneath direct management, orders, and
material-technical help, in addition to strict management, dedicated
quite a few crimes through the aggressive conflict towards Azerbaijan, in
violation of worldwide and home legal guidelines. These crimes contain
15 Armenian nationals, together with Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan,
Vazgen Manukyan, Vazgen Sargsyan, Samvel Babayan, Vitali
Balasanyan, Zori Balayan, Seyran Ohanyan, Arshavir Gharamyan, Monte
Melkonyan, and others.
The mentioned individuals, i.e. Arayik Vladimiri Harutyunyan, Arkadi
Arshaviri Ghukasyan, Bako Sahaki Sahakyan, Davit Rubeni Ishkhanyan,
David Azatini Manukyan, Davit Klimi Babayan, Levon Henrikovich
Mnatsakanyan, Vasili Ivani Beglaryan, Erik Roberti Ghazaryan, Davit
Nelsoni Allahverdiyan, Gurgen Homeri Stepanyan, Levon Romiki
Balayan, Madat Arakelovich Babayan, Garik Grigori Martirosyan,
Melikset Vladimiri Pashayan, are being charged beneath Articles 100
(planning, getting ready, initiating and waging a conflict of aggression),
102 (attacking individuals or organizations having fun with worldwide
safety), 103 (genocide), 105 (extermination of the inhabitants),
106 (enslaving), 107 (deportation or compelled displacement of the
inhabitants), 109 (persecution), 110 (enforced disappearance of
individuals), 112 (deprivation of liberty opposite to worldwide
legislation), 113 (torture), 114 (mercenary service), 115 (violation of the
legal guidelines and customs of warfare), 116 (violation of worldwide
humanitarian legislation throughout armed battle), 118 (army theft),
120 (intentional homicide), 192 (unlawful entrepreneurship), 214
(terrorism), 214-1 (financing terrorism), 218 (creation of a
legal affiliation (group)), 228 (unlawful acquisition,
switch, sale, storage, transportation and possession of weapons,
their parts, ammunition, explosives and units), 270-1 (acts
threatening aviation safety), 277 (assassination of a state
official or public determine), 278 (forcible seizure and retention of
energy, forcible change of the constitutional construction of the
state), 279 (creation of armed formations and teams not offered
for by legislation) and different articles of the Prison Code of the Republic
of Azerbaijan.
