2,750 civilians were evacuated from combat zone - Human Rights  Defender

ArmInfo.2,750 civilians were evacuated from the combat zone. This is stated in the message of the Human Rights Defender.

According to the source, since the morning of September 14, the Human  Rights Defender's office continues to work on establishing the facts  of the criminal actions of the Azerbaijani armed forces in the  settlements of Syunik, Vayots Dzor and Gegharkunik regions.  Azerbaijani units strike at the civilian population.  According to  the data collected by the Human Rights Defender's office, the number  of injured civilians at the moment is 4 people, two of whom were  visited by representatives of the Protector in the hospital. At least  2570 people were forced to leave their homes in the settlements of  Gegharkunik and Syunik regions.  The vast majority of displaced  persons are women, children, elderly people, including the disabled  people.  The children of these communities, in addition to forced  relocation and a difficult psychological condition, are deprived of  the opportunity to exercise their right to education.

As previously reported, the Defender's employees recorded cases of  shelling of emergency vehicles. There is also a lot of evidence of  shelling of civilian infrastructure. There is especially a lot of  destruction in the communities of Sotk, Kut, Karashen, Verishen,  similar facts are also collected in the communities of Geghamasar,  Aghitu, Srashen and Noravan. As a result of shelling by the  Azerbaijani Armed Forces, fires broke out in a number of settlements,  especially in Sotk and in the forests of the city of Jermuk,  including on an area of more than 9 hectares. The work of rescuers is  further complicated by the fact that some of the fires are in the  zone of control of the Azerbaijani military.

An extremely high level of hatred towards Armenians has been recorded  in the Azerbaijani media, including by government officials, which,  according to the Human Rights Defender, is fraught with very serious  dangers, since it creates a high risk of war crimes being committed  by the Azerbaijani armed forces.  The evidence collected and being  collected is analyzed by the staff of the Human Rights Defender's  office and sent to international organizations and other institutions  of international law.