The Human
Rights Defender receives alarming complains from the residents of Movses and
several other villages of Tavush region, the Republic of Armenia that on July
12, at about 11 pm, the Azerbaijani armed forces started shelling in the
direction of Tavush region. The Ombudsman's Office received similar alarming calls
during the day of July 12.
According
to the residents of Movses village, shootings from the Azerbaijani side are of
very close distance towards the village. According to the civilian population,
shootings cause a real danger for the civilian settlements, their health, life
and their property.
Right
after the complaints, the Human Rights Defender recorded the public official
statement of the Armenian Ministry of Defense that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces
started shelling towards the Armenian side. In response to the urgent request
of the Armenian Human Rights Defender, the Ministry of Defense of Armenia
confirmed that the shelling is carried out in the immediate vicinity of the
peaceful settlements of the Armenian Tavush region and there is a real danger
for the civilian settlements. The Human Rights Defender is in direct contact
with the residents of the border villages and the community administrative
bodies.
The Human
Rights Defender, as an independent national human rights institution and guided
exclusively by human rights principles, strongly condemns the shelling and that
it is carried out in the immediate vicinity of peaceful settlements of the
Republic of Armenia, with real danger for civilian population, their health and
life, as well as their property. This is even more condemnable during the new
Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic.
The Human
Rights Defender brings the mentioned facts to the attention of the
international human rights organizations, and informs on their initiation of
starting targeted monitoring activities, the results of which will be
summarized and sent to international human rights community.
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