In the line of fire: Civilian casualties from unlawful strikes in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh
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Field investigators visited dozens of strike sites in Azerbaijan and Armenia
Evidence refutes both sides’ denials they launched indiscriminate strikes, including with cluster munitions
Other weapons used include ballistic missiles and volleys of notoriously imprecise rockets and artillery
The Armenian and Azerbaijani forces’ repeated use of notoriously inaccurate and indiscriminate weapons – including cluster munitions and explosive weapons with wide area effects in populated civilian areas – violated international humanitarian law and killed scores of civilians, injured hundreds and destroyed homes and key infrastructure in the recent conflict, Amnesty International said today.