The Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Human Rights Defender (ombudsman), Artak Beglaryan, has issued an English-language video message on the rights of the residents of Martakert Region’s seven villages that are passing under the control of Azerbaijan.

Beglaryan noted in particular that these people have rights, too, and called on the international community not to turn a blind eye to this matter.

On November 9, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement on a complete cessation of hostilities in and around Artsakh. Accordingly, Russian peacekeepers will be deployed in the region to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities. But this statement also stipulates the handover of part of Artsakh lands to Azerbaijan.