BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 30. The presentation of the report "Hate Crimes and Incitement to Hatred Against Azerbaijanis" was held in Baku, Trend reports.
During his opening speech, Zahid Oruj, head of the Center for Social Research, noted that the derogatory discourses directed by Armenians at Azerbaijanis during the occupation on internet platforms ("traders who cannot fight, nomadic nation, primitive nomads" and other epithets) are an indicator of petrified minds, as the war revealed a completely different reality: the images of 100,000 heroic Azerbaijanis.
"One example of fierce hatred against Azerbaijanis was Robert Kocharyan's xenophobic, racist, and chauvinistic statement about "genetic incompatibility" made from an international podium. The tribal mentality of a warlord devaluing peace and tranquility, biologizing nations, and wanting to become a member of the European family is obvious," Zahid Oruj added.
Azerbaijan's Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudswoman) Sabina Aliyeva emphasized that the implementation of the policy of incitement to hatred on ethnic grounds contradicts universal human values.
"Unfortunately, for many years, Azerbaijan has also been suffering from the bitter consequences of this policy. Armenia's unjustified territorial claims to our country and the ideology of hatred formed by Armenia's political leadership towards other nations in the region were accompanied by the policy of ethnic cleansing and occupation," Aliyeva said.
Then, Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov, Deputy Prosecutor General Elmar Jamalov, Head of the Office of the Ministry of Science and Education Matin Karimli, and other officials spoke about the problem of hatred against Azerbaijanis. The event continued with discussions.
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