This private house in
Vorotan village of Goris community in Syunik province is under the constant
monitoring of Azerbaijani cameras. This house, along with 3 other houses and a
fish farm are under the constant monitoring of the Azerbaijani cameras.
This not violates the
right of the residents to live in peace and security, but also their rights to
private and family life; the Azerbaijani servicemen are collecting the personal
data of people without any legal basis.
According to the
residents of the house, the Azerbaijani armed servicemen regularly turn the
cameras in the direction of their house to monitor it. The Azerbaijani
servicemen do this especially when they see that there is more movement in the
house than usual (for example, if they have guests). It is evident that in
addition to the yard, everything that happens in the house is monitored.
During my last visit to
Syunik province, I was convinced of this fact on site. when we were in this
house with the staff of the Office of the Defender, we saw ourselves how the
Azerbaijani servicemen pointed the cameras in our direction at the moment they
saw us.
Moreover, the house where
the Azerbaijani armed servicemen are positioned, and are conducting the
monitoring of the house we visited, belongs to an Armenian citizen based on
cadastral documents (we have already published this fact)
In other words, the house
owned by an Armenian citizen was occupied through criminal acts. Moreover, this
is the segment of the Goris-Kapan road where the Azerbaijani armed servicemen
have established a border and customs control, which lacks any legal basis.
Azerbaijani armed
servicemen, including those of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan and the
Azerbaijani police, are always present in front of the house. According to the
citizens, there are in total around 15-200 servicemen. Moreover, all these servicemen
are armed, and most of them are masked. They stand demonstratively on the road
or in the direction of the civilian houses, in order to be particularly visible
to the civilian residents.
We had published that
there were at least 10 cameras on this segment of the Goris-Kapan road, which
monitor the movement of civilians, disrupt their private and family lives of
people, and collect personal data through criminal acts.
These acts of the
Azerbaijani armed servicemen prove that their presence has disrupted the normal
life of the Armenian civilian population, caused mass violations of human
rights, and violated the right to live in safety and peace. Therefore, to
restore civilians' rights and normal lives, they should not be positioned in
the vicinity of our villages, and on the roads connecting Armenian communities.
This fact has been
studied by the Office of the Human Rights Defender as well, and will be
included in the collected evidence confirming the unlawful acts of the
Azerbaijani armed servicemen, for the purpose of sending it to the relevant
international organizations.
Mr. Arman Tatoyan
The Human Rights defender
of Armenia
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