NGO appeals to European court over Azeri prisoners in Karabakh

A letter sent to the court on Jan. 13 included evidence of torture of the prisoners by their captors and other violations of their rights, said Anar Bagirov, head of the NGO.  

The court was asked to look into the case of the prisoners as quickly as possible.

Quliyev and Asgarov were captured while vising their native district of Kalbacar last year.

Kalbacar is one of seven Azerbaijani districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh that were captured by Armenian forces in the early 1990s.

A third Azerbaijani national, Hasan Hasanov, was shot and killed by Armenian forces.