Armenian ombudsman: Life and health of Armenian children, women and entire Karabakh population under real threat

Armenian Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan issued a statement on the massive cross-border artillery attack launched by Azerbaijan on Artsakh early on Sunday.

“Early this morning Azerbaijan began launching indiscriminate military aggressive air and artillery attacks against Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), along the entire line of the border.

Numerous civilians reported that villages, towns and the capital of Stepanakert are targeted. This extremely worrying news was also officially reported by the human rights defender and the Defense Army of Artsakh.

Large-scale violence and damages have been already caused to civilians. Life and health of Armenian children, women and the entire population of Nagorno-Karabakh are under a very real threat.

We call on the worldwide international community and on international human rights organizations to take all steps and direct all of their efforts to prevent this military aggression and violation of the peace and security for the civilian population of Nagorno-Karabakh,” the statement reads.