What the Azerbaijani authorities are doing with Artsakh is a deliberate policy, said ex-Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan.

"Since March 8, the gas pipeline has been deliberately damaged and repairs are being prevented," he noted. "More than 100 thousand civilians, hospitals, schools, kindergartens, children and the elderly were deliberately deprived of gas, heating and hot water; all this led to a humanitarian catastrophe and massive violations of human rights.

"Heavy military equipment, including tanks, was accumulated near the villages. At the same time, they do it defiantly.

"From the positions of their armed forces, they threaten the civilian population in Armenian with loudspeakers. They threaten to use force and force them to leave their homeland, native villages.

"All these are not separate actions, but parts of a common policy, a single chain: a policy of hatred against Armenians and enmity based on ethnic and religious grounds.

"How else can there be a policy of genocide and ethnic cleansing? Typical international criminal behavior.

"Moreover, these reports of mine are sent to international organizations, including with these accents,” Arman Tatoyan said in a statement.