The Human Rights Defender, summarizing the results of the monitoring carried out by the staff regarding the human rights situation, notes that a situation of humanitarian disaster has been created in Nagorno-Karabakh due to Azerbaijan’s targeting of civilian settlements and infrastructures.
In particular:
- There are many casualties and injuries, including among the civilian population (including children).
- There is no information about the fate of many people, including women, children and the elderly.
- Families are separated. Due to the Azerbaijani shelling, people were forced to leave their homes and settlements.
- Communication within Nagorno-Karabakh and with the outside world is disrupted.
- The healthcare system has been paralyzed, people are deprived of the opportunity to receive even first aid.
- Fundamental rights of people are widely violated, including the right to live with dignity in peaceful conditions, education for children, health care, etc.
Azerbaijan implements a genocidal policy. The actions of the armed forces of that country, official announcements, media publications, as well as the posts of Azerbaijani users of social networks clearly testify to the intention of the Azerbaijani authorities to carry out ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The HRD staff continues the monitoring process.
