We welcome the reference of the reputable international human rights organization Amnesty International to the ongoing blockade of Artsakh by Azerbaijan, by which the organization records that Azerbaijan has deprived the civilian population of Nagorno-Karabakh of food and humanitarian aid. This is noted on the Facebook page of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Human Rights Defender (ombudsman) Gegham Stepanyan.

“The organization also emphasizes that Azerbaijan continues to ignore the decision of the highest UN body by which the court ordered Azerbaijan to provide free movement along the Lachin corridor and insists on Azerbaijan lifting the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh and ending the humanitarian crisis.

“Such statements and targeted assessments of the situation by the international human rights organizations should serve as a basis for decision makers in the international arena to take deterrent and punitive measures against Azerbaijan,” the Artsakh ombudsman added.