06/14/2023
June 12 marks the sixth month (182 days) of the illegal blockade of Azerbaijan against the people of the Republic of Artsakh since December 12, 2022.
According to the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Artsakh "over 1,400 citizens were deprived of the opportunity to solve their health problems through surgery".
"Azerbaijan has completely or partially interrupted the gas supply from Armenia to Artsakh for a total of 117 days", added the HRD. "Electricity supply from Armenia to Artsakh has been completely disrupted for 154 days, which continues to lead to fan and emergency shutdowns".
According to preliminary estimates, around 11,000 people lost their actual jobs and source of income. "A number of rights violations are more acute among members of vulnerable groups, namely 30,000 children, 9,000 persons with disabilities, 20,000 elderly, 60,000 females (women and girls) and 15,000 displaced persons".
"By continuously failing to implement the decision of the UN International Court of Justice to ensure the uninterrupted exit and entry of people, vehicles and goods through the Lachin Corridor, Azerbaijan has once again violated the highest international values and principles".
"The policy of ethnic hatred systematically and consistently implemented by Azerbaijan, which was manifested both during the aggressions unleashed against the people of Artsakh and after the establishment of the ceasefire, irrefutably proves that any status of Artsakh within Azerbaijan is equivalent to the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh and the genocide of the Armenians of Artsakh", said the HRD of Artsakh.