The session of the court hearing of the criminal case against Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan, one of the members of the illegal Armenian armed formations that committed a massacre in the village of Meshali of Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district on December 22, 1991 resumes after a break, APA reports.
Victims are testifying at his trial.
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Vagif Khachatryan’s testimony to the investigation was made public, APA reports.
The accused person confirmed to the court that he had served at the post in Farrukh mountain: "We were given weapons by the Military Commissariat."
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The next session of the court hearing of the criminal case against Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan, one of the members of the illegal Armenian armed formations, that committed a massacre in the village of Meshali of Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district on December 22, 1991, has begun, APA reports.
The judicial investigation was declared open in the process.
The prosecutor announced the final part of the indictment.
Commenting on the accusation, Vagif Khachartyan pleaded not guilty.
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The next session of the court hearing of the criminal case against Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan, one of the members of the illegal Armenian armed formations, that committed a massacre in the village of Meshali of Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district on December 22, 1991, has begun, APA reports.
Vagif Khachatryan refused his lawyer Natig Beybalayev in the proceedings chaired by Zeynal Aghayev, the chairman of the Baku Military Court. Radmila Abylova was invited as his new lawyer at the expense of the state. He will use the legal aid of the new lawyer.
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The next court hearing of the criminal case against Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan, one of the members of the illegal Armenian armed formations, that committed a massacre in the village of Meshali of Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district on December 22, 1991, has begun, APA reports.
Chair of the Baku Military Court, Zeynal Agayev, presides over the court session.
It is expected in the process that the judicial investigation will be declared open and the prosecutor will announce the indictment.
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The next court hearing of the criminal case against Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan, one of the members of the illegal Armenian armed formations, that committed a massacre in the village of Meshali of Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district on December 22, 1991, will be held, APA reports.
Chair of the Baku Military Court, Zeynal Agayev, will preside over the court session.
The criminal case will be heard in the administrative building of the Yasamal District Court.
Today, it is expected that the judicial investigation will be declared open and the prosecutor will announce the indictment.
Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan is charged under Article 103 (genocide) and Article 107 (Deportation or forced exile of population) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
A criminal group with the participation of Vagif Khachatryan as part of armed formations, not provided for by the legislation of Azerbaijan, comprising of the Armenian nationalists living in the Garabagh economic region, as well as arrived from the Republic of Armenia, committed genocide against the local Azerbaijani population in the village of Meshali, Khojaly district on December 22, 1991 ( on the territory of the former Asgaran district). As a result of these crimes of genocide, persecution, expulsion, armed conflicts committed against the Azerbaijani population in violation of international humanitarian law, a total of 27 people were intentionally killed, 21 people received injuries of varying degrees of severity, two villagers were taken hostage, 340 people out of 81 family households were expelled from their places of permanent residence to other territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan, resulting in material damage of total amount of 13,568,060 manats to the village residents, and 130,800 manats to the state.
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