Wednesday, September 20 2023 13:42

ArmInfo. The Investigative Committee of Armenia initiates criminal proceedings with regard to  the facts of committing genocide by the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan against the population of Nagorno-Karabakh.

In particular, as reported by the Investigative Committee, "Based on  the reports received from a group of citizens on the case of  committal of genocide through the illegal blockade by Azerbaijanis  through fake environmental protesters of the only road connecting  Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia - the Berdzor (Lachin) Corridor from  December 12, 2022, then the illegal establishment of the checkpoint  on April 23, 2023, on the Hakari Bridge in the Berdzor Corridor, this  way clearly institutionalizing its criminal behavior, the deliberate  resort to provocation on the Hakari bridge on June 15, 2023 and the  complete blockade of all humanitarian passenger transportation and  cargo transportation in both directions through the Corridor, the  disruption of the scheduled transfers of medical patients from  Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia with the mediation of Russian  peacekeepers and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),  the regular disruption from December 2022, and from March 2023 -  complete cut off the supply of gas from Armenia to Nagorno Karabakh,  and electricity from January 2023, as well as in connection with the  information published in the mass media on September 19, 2023  regarding the complete or partial physical destruction, causing  serious damage to health, and creating living conditions aimed at it,   of the civilian population of Nagorno Karabakh, kept under siege from  December 12, 2022, by the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan  on the grounds of their national, ethnic, racial, religious  affiliation, criminal proceedings have been initiated and a  preliminary investigation is being carried out in the RA  Investigative Committee based on Article 133, part 1 of the RA  Criminal Code - crime of genocide."