The staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) again visited all the Armenian detainees, Ilaha Huseynova, head of the public relations department of the ICRC's Azerbaijan representation, said in response to Report's inquiry.
She said that the meetings with detainees were met in private and they were given an opportunity to contact their families.
According to its mandate, during such visits, the ICRC assesses the treatment of detainees and conditions of detention and helps to ensure that the detained individuals can restore or maintain contact with their families. As per the ICRC’s procedures, the observations and recommendations related to the visits are only shared with the detaining authorities
Azerbaijan’s law enforcement agencies have detained the former presidents of the so-called institution in Karabakh, namely Arkady Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, and Arayik Harutyunyan, as well as its so-called "former foreign minister" David Babayan, "parliament speaker" David Ishkhanyan, and generals Lyova Mnatsakanyan and David Manukyan, as well as former "state minister" Ruben Vardanyan and brought them to Baku.