(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 3. Over the
past period, the Azerbaijani Ombudsman conducted evidence-based
research in the liberated Fuzuli, Zangilan, and Aghdam districts,
and based on the materials received, a special report was prepared
and sent to international organizations, trend reports via the
report of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of
Azerbaijan for 2022.
The report reflects such facts as the deliberate mass
destruction of Azerbaijani cemeteries by Armenia, the looting of
tombstones, the desecration of graves, the remains of the deceased,
as well as the mining of cemetery territories.
It is also noted that during the period of the
Armenian occupation, all civilian objects, settlements, historical
and cultural monuments, and religious architecture-mosques, places
of religious worship, and cemeteries-were ruthlessly destroyed,
desecrated, and looted.
The facts obtained give grounds to raise issues about
the violation by Armenia, which committed grave crimes during the
occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan, of the norms of
international humanitarian law, including a gross violation of the
provisions of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural
Property during Armed Conflict of 1954, the UNESCO Convention
Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of 1972, the
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in
Time of War of 1949 and the Convention for the Protection of the
Archaeological Heritage of Europe of 1992.
In addition, as a result of Armenia's long-term policy
of environmental terror against Azerbaijan, serious damage was
caused to the nature of Azerbaijan, including its biological
diversity, flora and fauna, water resources, and the ecosystem of
the region. In connection with this, the Ombudsman also sent
appeals to the international community.
At the same time, the Ombudsman's report expresses
support for the citizens of the country conducting a peaceful
protest against the environmental terror committed by Armenia and
calls on the world community to support this rally.
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