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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.
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