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The Report on Human Rights Violations Committed by the
Armenian Armed Forces during Azerbaijan & Armenia War 7

Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ombudsmen Association (OICOA) held on
14 October 2020, lodged a motion for an enquiry into the attacks launched by
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the Armed Forces of the Armenian State against Azerbaijani civilians and invited
the members of the Board of Directors to Azerbaijan for on-site observations. So,
we formed a Delegation to hold investigative visits to the cities of Baku, Ganja,
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and Mingachevir on 21 -23 October 2020 for the purposes of conducting on-
site observations and reporting on the situation that, on grounds of the images
that appeared on the media, involved rather serious human rights violations, The
Delegation also included Ms. Özlem Tunçak, the Ombudsperson who is in charge

of the rights of women and children. Through this visit, we had the chance to
examine the physical site of the scene of horror created by the missile attacks that
had targeted civilians, including women and children, at nighttime, while they
were sleeping. I personally witnessed the trauma that afflicted 16-year-old Sevil
and 8-year-old Hüseyin, who had lost their parents during a missile attack in the
middle of the night. I also had the opportunity to be introduced to 2-year-old
Nilay, who will grow up always feeling the absence of her parents who were killed
during these attacks.

The present comprehensive Report was prepared based on the findings obtained
through on-site investigations and observations of the human rights violations

resulting from the attacks launched by the Armenian Armed Forces against
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innocent Azerbaijani civilians between 27 September and 10 November 2020.
These attacks involved long-range missiles, cannon shots, and other weapons used
against civilian settlements situated far from the war zone and resulted in the
deaths of 94 Azerbaijani citizens and the wounding of 414 civilians. Moreover,
the attacks destroyed places of worship, schools, public buildings, and multi-
apartment residential buildings.

The aim of this Report is to present to the international community a fully
objective and clear picture of these attacks. The ultimate aim is to ensure that
whoever is responsible must be invariably tried by law and punished in the manner
as they deserve. International human rights institutions and community should

not remain silent in the face of these violations.