News - Armenia ombudsperson publishes report on results of fact-finding at registration of forcibly displaced from Karabakh

The Human Rights Defender of Armenia Anahit Manasyan published a preliminary ad hoc report in English on the results of the fact-finding activities conducted by her and the staff of the Human Rights Defender's office at the registration centers of forcibly displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as the analysis of individual conversations held with displaced persons, the Defender's office informs Armenian News-NEWS.am. In the report, the Defender summarized and analyzed the information obtained as result of fact-finding activities regarding the crimes and atrocities committed by the Azerbaijani armed forces, documented the evidence of forcibly displaced persons, targeting of ambulances, and violations of the rights of children and women. The cases of targeting civilians, as well as vital infrastructures, and the damage caused to the property of individuals were also presented. The report, among others, is another summary of evidence and analysis that confirms the policy of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is also the result of a systematic policy of Armenophobia at the state level in Azerbaijan. As a result of the analysis of the forgoing information, the Defender presented recommendations to the state authorities regarding the improvement of the system of protection of the rights of the mentioned group of persons and the introduction of special mechanisms. The preliminary ad hoc report was submitted in its entirety to international institutions with a mandate to protect human rights, as well as to the competent state authorities.