The
Human Rights Defender Ms. Anahit Manasyan published a preliminary report in
English on the results of the fact-finding activities conducted by her and the
staff of the Human Rights Defender's office at the registration centers of
forcibly displaced persons from Nagorno Karabakh, as well as the analysis of
individual conversations held with displaced persons.
In
the report, the Defender summarized and analyzed the information obtained as
result of fact-finding activities regarding the crimes and atrocities committed
by the Azerbaijani armed forces, documented the evidence of forcibly displaced
persons, targeting of ambulances, and violations of the rights of children and
women. The cases of targeting civilians, as well as vital infrastructures, and
the damage caused to the property of individuals were also presented.
The
report, among others, is another summary of evidence and analysis that confirms
the policy of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is also the result of
a systematic policy of Armenaphobia at the state level in Azerbaijan.
As a
result of the analysis of the forgoing information, the Defender presented
recommendations to the state authorites regarding the improvement of the system
of protection of the rights of the mentioned group of persons and the
introduction of special mechanisms.
The
preliminary report was submitted in its entirety to international institutions
with a mandate to protect human rights, as well as to the competent state
authorities.