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STEPANAKERT. – Direct obligation of the Azerbaijani authorities is to investigate crimes committed by servicemen of Azerbaijani army in April, Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh Ruben Melikyan said during a media conference on Friday.

Ruben Melikyan arrived in the village of Talish where he presented the second interim report on atrocities of Azerbaijan during the April war. During the April events Talish village was badly damaged as a result of the aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan against Karabakh.

The limited version of the report contains more detailed data, including images of the crimes. The Ombudsman emphasized that key point is the issue of responsibility, of both executors and their commanders.

The Ombudsman revealed footage from Azerbaijani sources that later disappeared. One of the videos presented in the report shows an Azerbaijani serviceman talking to a villager. The villager thanks him for “cutting off the head”. Thus, either he was the real perpetrator, or he just showed up as the perpetrator aiming to receive a public accolade for a barbaric war crime in a deeply dehumanized environment. The alleged perpetrator is also depicted in a picture while receiving military awards from Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, standing in a row of ten Azerbaijani Armed Forces servicemen.

Ruben Melikyan said he would use any opportunity to spread the report. He did not rule out that the report will be sent to Azerbaijani human rights defender as well.

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