The
monitoring of open sources conducted by the Human Rights Defender’s Office of Armenia,
as well as the analysis and study of the alarming-calls addressed to the
Defender’s Office, prove that the Azerbaijani side is accumulating a large
amount of military equipment and military forces along the lines of contact
with Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, further worsening the situation of
protection of human rights in Nagorno-Karabakh and the border communities of
Armenia.
The
monitoring carried out by the Defender’s Office proves that the targeted
shootings conducted by the Azerbaijani armed forces from weapons of various
calibers in the direction of the combat positions of the Armenian Armed Forces,
as well as the civilian communities and infrastructures have increased
recently, creating a real danger from the viewpoint of the fundamental rights
of the civilian population of the border communities.
The
results of the previous fact-finding activities carried out by the Human Rights
Defender in the border communities, as well as the ad hoc reports of the Human
Rights Defender on the blocking of the Lachin corridor prove that the
violations of the fundamental human rights, including the rights to life and
security, physical and mental integrity, education, property, entrepreneurship,
are caused, among other factors, by the policy of Armenophobia of the
Azerbaijani authorities, and are aimed at keeping the residents in a constant
state of stress and anxiety, thus contributing to the depopulation of Armenians
and ethnic cleansing policies in those regions.
In
this context, the Defender highly values the statement (http://cuts2.com/ntBJu)
of the prestigious international human rights organization Freedom House, which
condemns any plans to attack the sovereign territory of Armenia, and also notes
that the blockade of the Lachin corridor creates a threat of ethnic cleansing
for the Armenian population of the region and exacerbates the ongoing
humanitarian crisis.
The
acts of the Azerbaijani armed forces grossly violate the universally recognized
principles of international humanitarian law, and fundamental human rights.
Therefore, the international community should make an adequate assessment, and
take effective measures to the impending disaster.
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