News - Red Cross representatives visit Karabakh ex-leaders, other Armenian captives in Azerbaijan

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently visited the detained former leaders of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the remaining Armenian captives in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. They were given the opportunity to contact their families, informed Zara Amatuni, Communication and Prevention Program Manager of the ICRC Armenia office. These visits were carried out in late January and early February. It was in early November 2023 that the ICRC representatives had first visited some of the Armenians who were arrested by Azerbaijan after the latter’s military operations in Artsakh on September 19, 2023. In late September of last year, the Azerbaijani border guards arrested former Minister of State of Artsakh, philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan, former Defense Army commander Levon Mnatsakanyan and former deputy commander Davit Manukyan, former Artsakh Foreign Minister David Babayan, parliament speaker Davit Ishkhanyan, as well as former Artsakh presidents Arkadi Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, and Arayik Harutyunyan; the latter faces life imprisonment in Baku.