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FREE ARMENIAN HOSTAGES

Tracking the Armenian hostages illegally held by Azerbaijan.

19ARMENIANS STILL HELD
2,169DAYS SINCE FIRST RECORDED CAPTURE
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Free Armenian Hostages›Madat Babayan
Madat Babayan
FREE ARMENIAN HOSTAGES

Madat Babayan

Armenian civilian from Artsakh

Held Civilian
CAPTURED19 Sep 2023Charektar, Artsakh
DAYS IN CAPTIVITY1,088and counting
CURRENT STATUSHeld
PLACE OF DETENTIONBaku
CASE STATUSSentenced to 19 years in prison on 5 Feb 2026

Azerbaijani forces illegally took Madat Babayan, an Armenian civilian from Artsakh, hostage on September 19, 2023 in Charektar during Azerbaijan’s attack on Artsakh and later transferred him to Baku.

On February 5, 2026, the Baku Military Court sentenced Babayan to 19 years in prison. The sentence was left unchanged by the Baku Court of Appeal on August 6, 2026.

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