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Erik Ghazaryan, born in 1985, was detained by Azerbaijani forces in late September 2023 following Azerbaijan’s military assault on Nagorno-Karabakh. He is currently in preventive detention and is being tried before the Baku Military Court alongside 14 other Armenian citizens.
He is accused of involvement in a criminal organization under multiple articles of Azerbaijan’s Criminal Code, including charges related to genocide, mercenarism, and terrorism.
At a court hearing on 3 March 2025, Ghazaryan reportedly stated that he had not killed anyone and surrendered because he did not want to fire on Azerbaijani soldiers.
According to testimony from the preliminary investigation read in court in September 2025, Ghazaryan said he was born in Armenia’s Gavar District, completed military service in Armenia, and in 2021 signed a three-year contract to serve in Nagorno-Karabakh, where he remained until September 2023. At a subsequent hearing, he reportedly confirmed only the statement given during the court investigation.
At the hearing on 13 November 2025, the prosecution requested a 16-year prison sentence.
