Baku to start sham trial of Artsakh leaders on January 17
The sham trial of former Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan and State Minister Ruben Vardanyan is set to commence in Baku on January 17, Azerbaijani media reports suggest.
The Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan has brought fabricated charges against eight former military and political leaders of Azeri-occupied Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
They were illegally arrested in September and October 2023 after Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against Artsakh, forcing its 120,000 ethnic Armenians to flee their homes.