ArmInfo.Artsakh ombudsman Artak Beglaryan made an appeal to the international community to give a legal assessment of the Armenian massacre in Baku in 1990 and to stop the current Armenian-Armenian policy of Azerbaijan.
The statement of the Ombudsman, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the Baku pogroms, in particular, says that such xenophobic policy only delays the parties from resolving the Karabakh conflict and establishing a lasting peace in the region.
"The crimes committed to this day have not received an appropriate legal assessment and remained unpunished, one of the consequences of which is the official policy of the Armenian Republic currently being carried out by the Republic of Azerbaijan. Not only the former Armenian population of Azerbaijan and the citizens of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic ), but also all Armenians, as well as foreigners visiting the republic. Recall that the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh in 2018 published a special The social report on the anti-Armenian policy of Azerbaijan, which presents specific examples of its manifestation and the corresponding analysis of international law. The active stage of manifestation of Armenian phobia in Azerbaijani society was also recorded in April 2016, during the large-scale attack of Azerbaijan on Artsakh.
Fact-finding The Human Rights Defender presented a special report on killings, beheading, torture and other cases of war crimes and human rights violations in regarding civilians and military personnel of Artsakh. It is noteworthy that the Azerbaijani servicemen who committed such crimes were subsequently rewarded and rewarded by the Azerbaijani authorities, "the statement said.