The RA Human Rights Defender’s Office issued a statement reading that according to the Human Rights Defender’s hotline alerts, local and other sources, Kapan, Goris, Jermuk, Vardenis and adjacent communities have been under intense shelling for two hours by the Azerbaijani armed forces from various weapons, including heavy artillery weapons..

“According to the information we received, civil infrastructures are also being targeted. This is a gross violation of the ceasefire declaration, which was prepared by the neighboring state with manipulative information days before.

These illegal actions must be stopped immediately. The human rights defender will forward this information to relevant international partners and networks.”