An appeals court over residents of the village of Kelbajar begins in Karabakh

Yerevan / 26.02.15 / Turan- ArmInfo: On Thursday in Hankendi Court of Appeal began a trial  in the case of  two Azerbaijanis, Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliyev. These  former residents of Kalbajar region  were arrested by Armenians and sentenced as saboteurs.

Today, defense attorneys of the accused, Eric Beglaryan and Arkady Israelian appealed the decision of the trial court.

Askerov and Guliyev in their complaints noted that disagree with the decision of the court, as they crossed the front line, did not realize what they were  doing  something  illegal,  and they do not recognize a charge of murder.

"I have no connection with the Azeri secret services, and I do not know whether the third member of our group Hasan Hasanov worked for the secret services. I did not kill the boy, Hasanov did it," Askerov said. In turn, Guliyev said he did not plead guilty on any article of the  charges. Both confirmed that came in Kalbajar to visit their homes and graves of loved ones. The next court hearing will be on  March 10.

On June 29, 2014 Shahbaz Guliyev (born in 1968), Dilham Askerov (1960)  and  Hasan Hasanov  entered the territory of Kalbajar region (occupied by Armenians in 1993.) Armenians claim that they  had a special assignment from the authorities of Azerbaijan. They are accused of kidnapping and murdering a young man and an Armenian officer.

On December 29, 2014  Askarov was sentenced to life imprisonment and Guliyev - to 22 years. -02D-