The “Peace” trial continues in the Court of Appeal. Of course, we understand very well and clearly realize that this is of a formal nature and there cannot be any change regarding the verdict of the first instance, but realizing that this is the way to the international court, we appealed to the Court of Appeal. Davit Ishkhanyan, the former leader of the National Assembly of Artsakh, said this in his message from Baku prison.

He noted that some defenders have already expressed concern that going to the international court with such a trial and facts will be very difficult for them and it is a shame.

Davit Ishkhanyan informed that it was his speech last week in which he presented why he applied to the Court of Appeal.

“Articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan were selected and in a rude way they stuck not only me, but all of us, and closed the case. I even said that this is not a sewn work, but a patchwork. For example, a person born in 1993 is attributed with suspicion for the military operations of 1991-1994. As if all that was proven in court and a verdict was passed: 15 years imprisonment.

As I said in the first instance, I have also clearly stated here that this is a lawsuit against the Armenian people and Armenian statehood, with a clear strategy and far-reaching goals.

What is important is our sanity, we take our steps patiently and purposefully, we have worthy speeches, but the international court and international instances are treated with a smile and contempt. The worst thing is that they are throwing ideas in our face that if your authorities are not doing anything and are not interested in your return, what do you want from international courts or courts, what can they do, this is the situation,” he said.

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