The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) interim public report on the “Atrocities committed by Azerbaijani military forces against the civilian population of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and servicemen of the Nagorno Karabakh Defence Army on 2-5 April 2016” has been published.
The report was, and will continue to be, submitted to international organizations.
It has already received international response, and it is a document that is sound in terms of detection of violations of human rights, and which has exact wording.
The Report analyzes the Azerbaijani hatred policy towards people of Armenian origin and its horrific consequences that violate all international human rights standards, with certain examples of torture and humiliation.
It provides international human rights organizations’ objective assessments of Azerbaijan’s policy of inciting hatred and violence towards people of Armenian ethnicity.
It represents hate speech in the Azerbaijani mass media and social networks.
The Report also presents the gross violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law; cases of attacks on civilian population of NKR, cases of inhuman treatment, as well as cases of torture and mutilation of the NKR Defense Army servicemen.
