Los Angeles, USA – The Center for Truth and Justice (CFTJ) has requested the government of Azerbaijan allow a team of distinguished international lawyers to travel to Baku to attend and monitor the upcoming trials of Armenian prisoners, set to begin on January 17, 2025.
“These prisoners have been illegally held in pretrial detention with fabricated accusations, without access to legitimate legal representation. They have little to no contact with family members. International trial monitors are necessary to hold the Azerbaijani judicial system accountable for what is expected to be closed and secret trials,” said Gor Mnatsakanyan, President of the Center for Truth and Justice.
The trials involve eight political and military leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh which was ethnically cleansed by Azerbaijan’s ten-month-long blockade followed by military aggression in September of 2023, when 120,000 Armenians were forced to flee to Armenia.
