The policy of Armenophobia promoted by the
Azerbaijani authorities at the state level and the fact of ethnic cleansing of
Armenians in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) are substantiated by new developments.
In particular, the Ministry of Transport,
Communication and High Technologies of Azerbaijan has issued "Azerbaijan
2020" postage stamps, one of which is an open propaganda of the extermination
of the Armenians of Artsakh.
In the stamp, a man in a medical uniform,
chemically disinfects Artsakh from Armenians with a special tool, openly
presenting them as “dirt”.
This stamp once again proves the claims of the
Human Rights Defender of Armenia that Azerbaijan pursues a policy of genocide
of Armenians on the basis of ethnicity, only for the reason that the people
living in Artsakh are Armenians.
The propaganda of Armenophobia, carried out at
the state level, has been implemented consistently for years. The atrocities and
the torture committed by servicemen of the Azerbaijani armed forces are the results
of that propaganda of animosity and the policy of Armenophobia.
The root causes of all these are substantiated
by the evidence of the joint ad hoc public
report of the Human Rights Defenders of Armenia and Artsakh and respective
analysis (“Organized Hate Speech and Animosity Towards Ethnic Armenians in
Azerbaijan as Root Causes of Ethnically based Torture and Inhuman Treatment by
Azerbaijani Armed Forces”).
The Report also evidences that Armenophobia in
Azerbaijan is in a closed chain; it is generated by the Azerbaijani
authorities, including the highest authorities, afterwards it is widely used almost
identically and encouraged by cultural, sports and public figures, and receive public
praise, frequently targeting children.
This is exactly all that needs to be taken
into consideration during the process of the demarcation of the borders of the
Republic of Armenia, in order to guarantee the right to life, and the right to
physical and mental immunity of Armenians.
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