BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 4. Representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited detainees of Armenian descent in Baku this October, Ilaha Huseynova, ICRC Head of Public Relations Department in Azerbaijan said in a statement to Trend.
The visits included personal meetings with the detainees and arrangements for communication with their families.
"The ICRC assesses the treatment and conditions of these individuals per its mandate. It also facilitates the restoration or continuation of contact between them and their families. Observations and recommendations regarding the visits are communicated and discussed solely with the detaining party," the statement said.
To note, a total of 15 members of the separatist regime have been brought to justice in the criminal case, which is being investigated by a joint investigative group consisting of employees of the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Security Service.
Over the years, the Prosecutor General's Office opened criminal cases against these individuals, and they were put on the international wanted list.
After the local anti-terrorist measures carried out last year, the law enforcement agencies of Azerbaijan detained the former so-called "presidents" of the illegal separatist regime, Arkady Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Arayik Harutyunyan, former so-called "Minister of Foreign Affairs" David Babayan, as well as former so-called "chairman of Parliament" Davit Ishkhanyan, Generals Lev Mnatsakanyan, David Manukyan, and former so-called "Minister of State" Ruben Vardanyan. All of them were arrested and taken to Baku.
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