Armenian Prisoners' Case Reached ECHR: Group Complaint Against Azerbaijan

On August 21, 2026, human rights advocate and representative of Armenian prisoners' interests at the ECHR, Siranush Sahakyan, filed a group complaint regarding violations of the rights of Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan. This was reported by the International and Comparative Law Center.

The complaint was filed on behalf of former Presidents of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan, Arkadi Ghukasyan, Araik Harutyunyan, former Speaker of Parliament David Ishkhanyan, former Foreign Minister David Babayan, Major General and former Senior Military Commander David Manukyan, Lieutenant General and former Minister of Defense Levon Mnatsakanyan, and also Madat Babayan, Garik Martirosyan, Levon Balayan, David Allahverdyan, Vasily Beglaryan, Erik Ghazaryan, Gurgen Stepanyan, and Melikset Pashayanyan.

The complaint raises issues regarding Azerbaijan's conducting of