Vagif Khachatryan, who was accused of committing genocide in Meshali village of Khojaly district as part of illegal Armenian armed groups, filed an appeal against the sentence.

Axar.az reports that his lawyer Radmila Abylova told about this.

He said that the complaint has been submitted to the Baku Court of Appeal and wants an acquittal of V. Khachaturyan: "I met with V. Khachatryan on November 24. There is no problem with his health. I explained to him all his rights."

It should be noted that according to the verdict announced by the Baku Military Court, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. V. Khachatryan should spend the first 5 years of his sentence in prison, and the rest in a strict regime penitentiary.

It should be recalled that a crime was committed against the local Azerbaijani population in the Meshali village of Khojaly (in the territory of the former Askeran district) as part of a criminal association consisting of armed military units not provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which was created with the participation of V. Khachatryan and consisted of nationalist Armenians who lived in the Karabakh economic region and also came from the Republic of Armenia. As a result of the crimes of genocide, persecution, displacement, and violations of international humanitarian law during the armed conflict, a total of 27 people were intentionally killed, 21 people received various degrees of physical injuries, 2 villagers were taken hostage, 340 people from 81 family farms were displaced from their permanent residences in the Republic of Azerbaijan. were displaced to other territories, the villagers suffered material damage in the amount of 13,568,060 manats, and the state 130,800 manats.

On November 12, 2013, a decision was made to bring Khachatryan Vagif Cherkezovich as an accused person under Articles 103 and 107 of the Criminal Code, and on November 14, 2013, by the decision of the Narimanov District Court of Baku, a preventive measure was chosen against him. On November 21, 2013, the search was announced and relevant documents were sent to the Main Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Central Bureau of Interpol in Azerbaijan.

On July 29, 2023, when Khachatryan Vagif Cherkezovich wanted to cross the territory of the Republic of Armenia due to his health, he was detained at the Lachin border crossing point and submitted to investigation, on that date he was charged under Articles 103 and 107 of the Criminal Code and imprisoned for 3 months. preventive measure was chosen.

On September 22 of this year, the accused V. Khachatryan was re-indicted under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code, and on September 29, the preliminary investigation of the criminal case was completed and sent to the relevant Baku Military Court for consideration.

58 citizens and the Khojaly District Executive Authority were recognized as victims in the case.