The Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of Armenia, Arman Tatoyan, has presented another piece of evidence—on Facebook—about the state policy of Armenophobia and the deep roots of hostility towards Armenians on ethnic grounds in Azerbaijan.
"Official messages of the president of Azerbaijan about Armenia and Armenians:
1) We will continue to expel these (he means Armenians) liars. They see that we were teaching them a lesson they will never forget.
2) They have neither conscience nor morality.
3) They don’t even have the brain..
4) For 30 years, it (he means Artsakh [(Nagorno-Karabakh)] and in particular Fizuli [Varanda]) was in the hands of wild beasts, in the hands of predators, in the hands of jackals.
5) The remains of the city of Fuzuli are a manifestation of Armenian fascism and a witness to Armenian fascism
6) It was as if a wild tribe had taken over the city.
7) We must and we do wage a more active struggle with Armenia. We have isolated it from all international and regional projects.
The same words are used also by the Azerbaijani military in videos of the killing, torture, and inhuman treatment of the servicemen and civilians of the Armenian side..
The details are reflected in the 2020 joint special report of the Human Rights Defenders of Armenia and Artsakh, which refers to organized hate speech and animosity towards ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijan as root causes of ethnically-based torture and inhuman treatment by Azerbaijani armed forces during the [recent Artsakh] war,” Tatoyan wrote.