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During occupation, more than 900 cemeteries were completely destroyed-REPORT

05 March 2022 12:04 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijani Ombudsman Sabina Aliyeva continues to inform the international community on war crimes committed by Armenia during the First and Second Karabakh war, facts on violation of international law, and norms of international humanitarian law, Ombudsman Office told APA.

The Ombudsman prepared another report based on the relevant evidence, and materials obtained during the fact-finding mission.

The mentioned report reflects mass and deliberate destruction of cemeteries belonging to Azerbaijanis during the occupation by Armenia, the humiliation of graves and deaths, looting tombstones, as well as mining the territory for creating death cases among people visiting graves and other visual facts.

The report calls on international organizations to take serious measures to bring Armenia to justice for gross violations of international law, including international humanitarian law, and committing war crimes.

The report has been sent to international organizations, ombudspersons of foreign countries, as well as other international bodies, dealing with defense and promotion of human rights.
The report reads that Azerbaijani citizens were deprived of visiting graves of their close people during the occupation, in total, more than 900 cemeteries were either completely destroyed or bodies were removed out of grave, insulted, tombstones were looted.