“The installation of a
concrete barrier by Azerbaijan on the only road connecting Artsakh with Armenia
worsens the humanitarian crisis which is caused by the blocking of the Lachin
corridor.
I specifically note that the installation of the barrier is
another impetus to subject the Armenians of Artsakh to additional psychological
pressure, and an unprecedented violations of internationally recognized
fundamental rights, such as the rights to life, physical and mental integrity,
freedom of movement, an adequate standard of living, access to food, health, as
well as the rights of the child and other vulnerable groups; it is also an
impetus for ethnic cleansing.
Taking into consideration the fact that the transfer of patients
to both sides of the blockade, and the delivery of medical supplies and
medications by the International Committee of the Red Cross is totally blocked,
the humanitarian crisis is worsening by the day.
The information registered by the Human Rights Defender’s Office,
according to which a one-year-old child who is in neonatal and intensive care
and is in need to be urgently transferred to Armenia, but is unable due to the
current situation, is extremely worrying.
Since the blocking of the Lachin corridor, I have repeatedly
presented in various formats to international organizations with a mandate to
protect human rights, and to the other actors involved in the resolution of the
conflict, the humanitarian consequences of the blockade, the facts of the state
sponsored policy of Armenophobia implemented by Azerbaijan, emphasizing that
the current situation is preparing a fertile ground for the continued violation
of fundamental rights, and ethnic cleansing.
I call upon again on international organizations with a mandate
to protect human rights, and to the other actors to invest all efforts to open
the Lachin corridor immediately, to prevent new and unprecedented violations of
fundamental human rights and the final implementation of the policy of ethnic
cleansing”.
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