14 January 2021, 00:01 UTC
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.
The organization’s new report,
In the Line of Fire: Civilian casualties from unlawful strikes in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, is based on an on-the-ground investigation on both sides and details 18 strikes by Armenian and Azerbaijani for
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.
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The international human rights organization Amnesty International released a report today on violations during the Second Karabakh War, which documents the facts of terrorist attacks by the Armenian Armed Forces against peaceful Azerbaijani settlements, including those not in the vicinity of military objectives. The document was prepared after an appeal to AI of the Azerbaijani authorities in connection with the flagrant war crimes of the Armenian side - missile strikes on Ganja and Barda.
A preliminary report on the attacks on Barda and Ganja was published by Amnesty International on 29 October. In December, Amnesty International s senior investigator on crisis response visited the Kelbajar region and witnessed the facts of mockery of the Azerbaijani graves by the Armenian occupation forces. Vestnik Kavkaza presents the translation of the AI s final report on the war crimes committed by Armenia during the Second Karabakh War.
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