The President of Azerbaijan,
authorities of this country have been implementing a policy of hatred, enmity,
ethnic cleansing and genocide against Armenia, citizens of Armenia and the
Armenian people for years. The Turkish authorities have done the same or have
openly encouraged the same policy.
Just three examples:
In his remarks at the
congress of the “New Azerbaijan Party (March 5-7, 2021), the President of
Azerbaijan proudly stated, “the younger generation has grown up with a hatred
of the enemy." By enemy, he means Armenia and the entire Armenian people,
who are hated by a whole generation.
During the military event in
Baku on the 10th of December, in 2020, the President of Turkey compared the war
in Artsakh with the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire and the massacre of
Armenians in Baku in September of 1918. According to him, that day was a day of
glorification of the souls of Ahmed Jevat Bey, Nuri Pasha, Enver Pasha, and
members of the Caucasus Islamic Army.
The ECHR judgments have
confirmed that killing of Armenian in Azerbaijan has ethnic motivations and is
encouraged by authorities.
Therefore, no matter what
process, program or words are used, these foundational facts cannot be
overlooked.
This means that no one-sided
process can develop at the expense of the life, physical security, or any other
right of the citizen of the Republic of Armenia, or the normal life and peace
of the Armenian population; and, the hatred and enmity towards Armenia and the
Armenian people with state support has not only not diminished in Azerbaijan or
Turkey, but due to lack of any responsibility, is taking on new manifestations.
This statement of the Human
Rights Defender is directly based upon and conditioned on the gross human
rights violations recorded and continuing during and after the
September-November 2020 armed attacks; and, it takes it into account that the
issue has become the subject of widespread public debate.
PS. This photo was specially
prepared during the war and was actively shared on Azerbaijani and Turkish
social networks, and was widely used to promote Azerbaijani atrocities.
Arman Tatoyan
The Human Rights Defender of
Armenia
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