The groups of the Human Rights Defender (HRD) carrying out the fact-finding mission have returned from Gegharkunik region, where the representatives of the Defender had meetings with the residents and heads of Norabak, Kut, Sotq, and Vardenis communities. The HRD staff informs that in private conversations with the residents, information was received that citizens' houses, adjacent structures, and the community hall building in Sotq were damaged as a result of direct fire by the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.
"They were the target of direct fire by the Azerbaijani forces or were the direct target of fire. The information was confirmed both by the residents of Vardenis, who were evacuated from the community, and by the administrative heads of other regions," the statement of the HRD staff says.
The HRD staff informs that the information and evidence collected as a result of the fact-finding work will be sent to international partners and international human rights organizations.
Reminder: on September 13, from 00:05, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces started to fire intensively from artillery means, large-caliber rifle weapons in the direction of the Armenian trenches of Goris, Sotq and Jermuk.
September 14, 2022 at 10:21