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BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.4
Trend:
Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of Azerbaijan Sabina Aliyeva has issued an appeal regarding the anniversary of the shelling of the city of Ganja and other territories of Azerbaijan by the Armenian Armed Forces, which resulted in casualties and destruction, Trend reports referring to the Ombudsman Office.
“Since September 27, 2020, the Armed Forces of Armenia, blatantly violating the ceasefire and the norms of international law, with the intention to occupy the new lands of Azerbaijan, using aviation, have subjected populated areas and social facilities on Azerbaijani territory to massive shelling from heavy artillery and missile systems, as a result of which civilians were killed,” the appeal reads.
“In the morning of October 4, 2020, the Armenian Armed Forces launched missile strikes using prohibited weapons on the second largest city of Azerbaijan, Ganja, located far from the war zone. On the same day, Armenia subjected Mingachevir, Khizi and Absheron, Beylagan and Tartar, the city of Horadiz, Fuzuli district, Barda, Aghdam, Aghjabadi, Jabrayil, and other settlements to missile attacks,” the ombudsman wrote.
“As a result of the shelling, many civilians were killed and injured, serious damage was inflicted on private houses, historical and cultural monuments, administrative buildings, and other social facilities,” the appeal says.
“After these attacks, the Azerbaijani ombudsman conducted field investigations, the results of which were documented and presented to the international community in the form of a report,” Aliyeva wrote.
“Armenia committed war crimes, once again showing disrespect for international law. At the same time, the military-political leadership of Armenia, which blatantly violated the clauses of the UN Charter, norms and principles of international law, the Geneva Conventions, is yet to be held accountable and has not been brought to justice for their crimes. The fact that authoritative international organizations and international courts did not take serious measures to punish the perpetrators of the crimes led to the fact that these persons committed new crimes against humanity,” the appeal says.
The ombudsman of Azerbaijan once again called on the world community and international organizations to condemn the war crimes of Armenia, as a result of which international law was grossly violated and people died, to take steps to bring the military-political leadership of Armenia to legal responsibility.