Karabakh identifies 80 civilians killed by Azerbaijan during war

PanARMENIAN.Net - The office of the Human Rights Ombudsman of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) has identified 80 civilians killed by the Azerbaijani armed forces during the Second Karabakh War in fall 2020. The fate of two dozen civilians from territories occupied by Azerbaijan remains unknown.

The Omdudsman has published an updated version of the Report on killings of civilians in Artsakh. The Report summarizes the data collected as a result of the fact-finding mission of the Artsakh Human Rights Defender's staff from September 27, 2020 to September 27, 2021 on the civilian killings by Azerbaijani armed forces either by targeted strikes or after their invasion of the civilian settlements of Artsakh. Only cases based on indisputable evidence have been included. The report provides a brief description on the circumstances of the killing of each civilian.

According to the data, the identities of 80 civilians killed by the Azerbaijani armed forces were revealed. 42 civilians were killed from long-range strikes by the Azerbaijani armed forces, including rocket-propelled grenades, shelling, bombardment, and sabotage by subversive groups. 38 civilians were killed in captivity or at least under the control of Azerbaijan from physical violence, stabbing, beheading, close-range shooting and other direct means.

Out of 80 civilian victims, 68 are men and 12 are women. 52 civilians were killed at their place of residence, 15 at a public place, 11 at their job, 1 person in the Azerbaijani prison. The majority of civilian victims are people over 63 years old.

The Human Rights Ombudsman also recorded the cases of 163 civilian injuries, most of which resulted from strikes that resulted in the deaths of others. The fate of two dozen civilians from the territories occupied by Azerbaijan remains unknown.

The closed version of the report with photos of the victims before and after their deaths has been sent to international organizations․