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Davit Allahverdyan, born in 1988, was detained by Azerbaijani forces in late September 2023 following the attack on Nagorno-Karabakh. He remains in preventive detention and is on trial before the Baku Military Court alongside 14 other Armenians, facing more than 20 criminal charges, including genocide, mercenarism, and terrorism.
In January 2025, his lawyers requested that his pre-trial detention be replaced with house arrest, but the court rejected the motion. Reports from the hearings present conflicting information: some Azerbaijani outlets claim he stated he was treated humanely and stood by his earlier testimony, while others report that he asked the court to rely only on the statement he provided during the trial, not the one from the preliminary investigation.
According to the investigation materials presented in court, he completed military service in 2008, later worked in Nagorno-Karabakh’s administration, and was conscripted again during the 2020 war. He was captured during the September 2023 assault while armed.
These contradictory reports highlight how difficult it is to obtain reliable information about the proceedings in Baku. In November 2025, the prosecution requested an 18-year prison sentence for him.
