Sham trials against former Nagorno-Karabakh officials continue in Baku

The illegal and fabricated trial against the former military-political leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh continued at the Baku Military Court on January 27.

According to Azerbaijani media, the second session of the trial against former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan also started on January 27, separately from the trials of former Nagorno-Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan and other officials.

During an interview aired on Public Television on January 25, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that Armenia has intelligence data indicating that the Azerbaijani authorities are using banned psychoactive methods against Armenian prisoners to extort narratives or testimonies aimed at inciting regional escalation.