Artsakh Ombudsman denounces statements by Armenian Parliament  Speaker`s towards the people of Artsakh as cynicism of a cosmic scale

ArmInfo. The Artsakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan responded to the statements made today by Speaker of  the Parliament Alen Simonyan, who said "if the people of Artsakh truly wanted a homeland, they would fight for it."  He noted that "It is the Armenian authorities and the mass media serving them that sow the seeds of hatred towards the people of Artsakh. The fight against them implies the fight against the state propaganda machine." 

In this regard, Stepanyan mentioned that when the international human  rights organization Freedom House presented an English-language  report on ethnic cleansing in Artsakh and documented crimes of  Azerbaijan, he inquired about making the report accessible to the  Armenian public. According to the Artsakh Ombudsman, this would  inform people about what happened in Artsakh and ultimately eliminate  a series of meaningless questions such as "why didn't you fight? or  could you stay and fight? etc." 

He also expressed regret that it is unlikely for such reports to have  any impact at present. "It was probably naive to think that a report  or other similar materials could influence the situation, as hatred  is still being propagated by the government and its media. To combat  this, there is a need to challenge the state's propaganda machine.  Despite being able to provide numerous examples of selflessness in  response to the Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia, these  efforts seem futile in the face of immorality, pettiness and cynicism  of a cosmic scale," the Artsakh Ombudsman concluded.