News - Azerbaijan imprisons Nagorno-Karabakh 2 ex-presidents, parliament speaker for 4 months

A court of Azerbaijan has ruled for the imprisonment two former presidents of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), Arkady Ghukasyan and Bako Sahakyan, and speaker of the National Assembly, Davit Ishkhanyan. Ghukasyan, Sahakyan, and Ishkhanyan have been detained for four months, Azerbaijani media report. The State Security Service of Azerbaijan had arrested them Tuesday in Stepanakert, the capital of Artsakh. Earlier, Azerbaijan officially had confirmed the report of the arrest of the former president of Artsakh, Arayik Harutyunyan. The State Security Service of Azerbaijan had posted a video of Harutyunyan's arrest and interrogation. Arayik Harutyunyan has been “charged” under nine article of the Azerbaijani criminal code. Azerbaijan publishes video of Arayik Harutyunyan's arrest and interrogation