Azerbaijani science, history, and culture-oriented non-governmental organizations sent a letter of protest against the "Caucasus Heritage Watch: 2nd special report" prepared with the support of Cornell and Purdue Universities, as well as the Ford Foundation. The report covered the crimes committed against the material and cultural heritage of Azerbaijan during the 30-year occupation of Karabakh by Armenia.
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Baku announced then partly walked back steps to remove what it calls "fictitious traces” of Armenian heritage from churches now under Azerbaijani control in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Archival images show what some of those inscriptions and artworks look like.