The Baku Court of Appeal has upheld the verdicts handed down against former political and military leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to APA.
It was announced that, under a ruling chaired by Judge Elmar Rahimov, the February 5, 2026 judgment of the Baku Military Court remains unchanged with respect to the appeals filed.
“According to the court’s decision, the February 5, 2026 verdict of the Baku Military Court concerning Araik Harutyunyan, Bako Sahakyan, Davit Babayan, Levon Mnatsakanyan, Arkadi Ghukasyan, Davit Manukyan, Davit Ishkhanyan, Madat Babayan, Melikset Pashayan, Garik Martirosyan, Erik Ghazaryan, Vasily Beglaryan, Levon Balayan, Davit Allahverdyan, and Gurgen Stepanyan has been left unchanged with respect to the appeals submitted,” the report said.
The case of former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan is being heard separately.
Former Nagorno-Karabakh President Araik Harutyunyan was sentenced to life imprisonment. Life sentences were also imposed on former Defense Army Commander Levon Mnatsakanyan, former First Deputy Commander Davit Manukyan, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Artsakh Davit Babayan, and former National Assembly Speaker Davit Ishkhanyan.
Former Nagorno-Karabakh presidents Arkadi Ghukasyan and Bako Sahakyan were each sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Madat Babayan and Melikset Pashayan were sentenced to 19 years in prison, Garik Martirosyan to 18 years, Davit Allahverdyan and Levon Balayan to 16 years, and Erik Ghazaryan, Gurgen Stepanyan, and Vasily Beglaryan to 15 years in prison.
