ICRC staff visited Azerbaijani saboteurs serving their sentence in NKR

ArmInfo. Employees of the  International Committee of the Red Cross visited the Azerbaijani  saboteurs Dilgam Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev, who are serving their  sentences in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as Elnur Huseynzade, who was  captured near the village of Talish in Karabakh.

As the head of communication programs of the ICRC delegation in  Yerevan Zara Amatuni told ArmInfo correspondent, the visit of the  three Azerbaijanis took place on April 25. "The visit was conducted  in accordance with the standard procedures of the ICRC and to monitor  the conditions of detention and treatment of detainees, as well as  ensure the connection of detainees with their families," Amatuni  said.

Amatuni noted that the question of healthcare is under attention of  ICRC and is discussed by the corresponding sides, however, the  information is confidential and is of no publication. 

To note, Huseynzade was detained on February 1, 2017 on suspicion of  attempting to commit sabotage and illegally crossing the state border  of the NKR.

To recall, on 29 June 2014, Shahbaz Jalal oghli Guliyev, Dilham   Gardashkhan oghli Askerov and Hasan Hasanov illegally penetrated into   the territory of NKR having with then arms and ammunition and   attempted a sabotage attack. They were spying and even kidnapped   minor Smbat Tsakanayn, a citizen of NKR on 4 July, who was later   found with deadly wounds to the head.  Afterwards, on 11 July, on the   Vardenis-Karvachar road, Hasanov murdered a resident of Yerevan   Sargis Abrahamyan (born in 1971) and wounded Karine Davtyan, a   resident of Dzoraghbyur village on the grounds of national hatred. He   was killed showing armed resistance to the Armenian forces.  The   other two raiders were arrested.  Shahbaz Guliyev, 46, and Dilham  Askerov, 54, were charged under the NKR Criminal Code's Article 316   (spying), Article 350 part 2 (violation of the NKR's border by an   organized group), Article 245 part 3 (illegal carrying of arms and   ammunition), Article 129 part 3 point 1 (kidnapping, actions against   a minor with the use of arms), Article 103 part 2 points 3,7,14   (murder combined with kidnapping by an organized group out of ethnic   hatred) and Articles 33 and 103 part 1 point 14 (attempted murder of   two or more people by an organized group out of ethnic hatred). On 29   Dec 2014, Dilham Askerov was sentenced to life imprisonment and   Shahbaz Guliyev - to 22 years in jail. The Court of Appeal left the   verdict unchanged.