On August 6, the Baku Court of Appeal continued the open court session on the appeals of citizens of the Republic of Armenia, Arayik Harutyunyan, Arkadi Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Davit Ishkhanyan, David Babayan, Levon Mnatsakanyan, and others, who were convicted by the Baku Military Court for crimes against peace and humanity, war crimes, including the preparation and conduct of aggressive war, genocide, violation of laws and customs of war, terrorism, financing of terrorism, violent seizure of power, and numerous other crimes as a result of Armenia's military aggression against Azerbaijan.
Modern.az reports that in the court session held under the chairmanship of judges Elmar Rahimov, Emin Mehdiyev, and Mehriban Garayeva (reserve judge Ali Mammadov) of the Baku Court of Appeal, each of the persons whose criminal cases were under appeal was provided with interpreters in the languages they knew - Armenian and Russian - as well as lawyers to ensure their defense.
Representatives of the victims, prosecutors defending the state prosecution - Abbas Abbasli, head of the Department for the Defense of State Prosecution of the General Prosecutor's Office, and Anar Alakbarov and Sevinj Gasimova, department prosecutors of the same department - participated in the court session.
Representatives of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan attended the session as observers.
The court decision on the appeals of the accused was announced in court.
The court decision stated that the verdict of the Baku Military Court dated February 5, 2026, regarding the criminal case against Harutyunyan Arayik Vladimiri, Sahakyan Bako Sahaki, Babayan Davit Klimin, Mnatsakanyan Levon Henrixi, Ghukasyan (Gukasyan) Arkadi Arshaviri, Manukyan David Azati, Ishkhanyan Davit Rubeni, Babayan Madat Arakeli, Pashayan Melikset Vladimiri, Martirosyan Garik Grigori, Ghazaryan Erik Roberti, Beglaryan Vasili Ivani, Balayan Levon Romiki, Allahverdiyan Davit Nelsoni, and Stepanyan Gurgen Homerosi should remain unchanged in relation to the appeals filed.
It should be recalled that according to the verdict of the Baku Military Court dated February 5, 2026, Arayik Harutyunyan, Levon Mnatsakanyan, David Manukyan, Davit Ishkhanyan, and David Babayan were sentenced to life imprisonment. Arkadi Ghukasyan and Bako Sahakyan were sentenced to 20 years, Madat Babayan and Melikset Pashayan to 19 years, Garik Martirosyan to 18 years, Davit Allahverdiyan and Levon Balayan to 16 years, and Vasili Beglaryan, Gurgen Stepanyan, and Erik Ghazaryan to 15 years of imprisonment.
