A military court in Baku also handed slightly shorter prison sentences to eight other Artsakh Armenians tried together with them. In a separate trial, Artsakh former State Minister Ruben Vardanyan was sentenced to 20 years in prison. We all understand that this is a political trial,” Ishkhanyan said in the recording. He also appealed to Armenia’s Human Rights Defender to intervene, but Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan responded that she has no authority to act within Azerbaijan. She added that all of these violations will be presented in detail before the European Court of Human Rights.