Madat Babayan was sentenced to 19 years in prison in Baku.
As a reminder, Babayan was arrested by Azerbaijani armed forces on September 19, 2023, in the village of Charektar during Azerbaijan’s military operations against Nagorno-Karabakh.
He was charged with “participating in a criminal organization at various times” under at least 24 articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, including Article 103 (genocide), Article 114 (mercenarism), and Article 214 (terrorism).
Melikset Pashayan was also sentenced in Baku to 19 years in prison, and Davit Alahverdyan to 16 years in prison.