Andranik Shegunts, a resident of the village of Tegh in Armenia’s Syunik province, has lost control over a plot of arable land that belonged to him, after Azerbaijan’s latest incursion into Armenia, former Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan said on Friday, April 14.

“He has a certificate of ownership, as well as other documents proving that the land has belonged to him since 2003. With borrowed money, he grew wheat and cultivated the land, but now the Azerbaijani soldier control the land, and he cannot even approach it,” Tatoyan said on social media.

“The 13-person family of Shegunts is now deprived of their main source of livelihood. Due to the illegal presence of Azerbaijani armed servicemen, the family is unable to engage in animal husbandry and beekeeping.”

Tatoyan noted that the normal life and safety of his family has been disturbed, the social conditions have significantly deteriorated.

“Dozens of families in the local community have found themselves in this situation due to the incursions and illegal presence of Azerbaijani armed officers,” Tatoyan said.

“This is just one of the examples that proves that the armed servicemen of Azerbaijan disrupt the normal life and safety of our civilians. Everything should be done to remove them from our settlements and roads between communities, including through the use of international mechanisms.”