The report of Ombudsman of Artsakh "Armenianophobia in Azerbaijan:  Organized hatred and enmity towards Armenians"

ArmInfo. Armenianophobia in Azerbaijan is systemic. This was stated by the Artsakh ombudsman Ruben Melikyan, presenting the special report "Armenian phobia in  Azerbaijan: Organized hatred and enmity towards Armenians".

The report was based on information from open sources, the media. In  this regard, he noted that for many Azerbaijani resources the  entrance for users from Armenia is closed. According to the  ombudsman, the report carries three main messages. First to inform  the Armenian public about the level of hatred towards Armenians in  Azerbaijan. "Even I was surprised by such manifestations of hatred,"  Melikyan said. The second message is sent to the international  community. "We need to bring to their attention the existing  objective information, we hope for the help of the partners in  disseminating the report, first of all in the international human  rights environment," Melikyan said. The third message is addressed to  the Armenian and Artsakh public. "We must understand that we can not  be like them, it's unacceptable, you can not poison yourself with  hatred," Melikyan said. In turn, one of the co-authors of the report,  expert Angela Elibegova said that the Azerbaijani public at all  levels is poisoned by hatred for everything Armenian. The expert  reminded that the head of the Azerbaijani state, speaking of the  Armenians, is not shy in expressions and second-rate officials echo  him, they are relaying the media and the expert community. "There is  psychological violence against our own children, Azerbaijani children  are taught from the school age to hate Armenians, often through  disinformation and falsification." "Children are infected with  hatred." Even if Azerbaijan tries to change something, it takes 1-2  generations for the poisoned consciousness to change, 50 years from  now it will be possible to talk about positive trends, but not now,  "she noted, citing examples of the ban on the entry of people with  Armenian surnames into the republic." Even offered create a  government body to check the purity of the blood of officials, "the  expert added.The report was prepared with the assistance of the  Tufenkian Foundation.