The livestock building belonging to Styopa Movsisyan, a resident of Shurnukh village, which is directly adjacent to his house, was divided into two parts as a result of the use of GPS [Global Positioning] system or Google Map (Google Map).

The Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan said this during a press conference today on 12 January.

“This is a consequence of the fact that we use mechanical approaches. The process of determining the borders cannot proceed with mechanical approaches. It should be noted that it is constantly mentioned that different types of maps are used, but one of the main methods is the GPS [Global Positioning System] or Google Map (Google Map). Let me inform that we did some research on the spot. Google is a private company, isn’t it? We also used maps of other private companies, for example, the Apple phone, the Yandex map, which show the whole village as Armenian,” Tatoyan said, noting that residents testify that the Azerbaijani side carries out the markings on the basis of those maps.

He also spoke about the Azerbaijani signs, which are provocations against the civilian population. “As the residents testify, they can appear with weapons, openly display weapons, stand on those roads and carry out monitoring. These are roads connecting our civic settlements,” the Human Rights Defender said, noting that this is also the result of the application of mechanical approaches.

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