The Armenia-Azerbaijan border
Azerbaijani forces stationed near Syunik continue to harass, threaten and physically attack Armenian residents of nearby villages. The worsening situation in the area is due to the November 9 agreement, which ended military actions in Karabakh but saw the surrender of territories in Artsakh and Armenia to Azerbaijan, which now shares a border with Armenia.
Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan reported that last week Azerbaijan military officers attacked, dragged and beat an Armenian shepherd in the village of Aravus in the Syunik Province.
According to a fact-finding mission by the Human Rights Defender’s Syunik office, a shepherd who was watching his 14 large and small cattle on a pasture about 500 meters from his house on April 18, when, between 5 and 6 pm, he was approached by three Azerbaijani armed servicemen.
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Ombudsman voices alarm at Aravus village incident with Armenian shepherd beaten by Azerbaijani military servicemen
The criminal attack of dragging and beating the Aravus village shepherd by Azerbaijani military servicemen confirms urgent need for a security zone around Syunik, Armenian Human Rights defender Arman Tatoyan reported on Tuesday. Immediately after this information, the Human Rights Defender of Armenia has immediately initiated fact-finding activities with the involvement of the Syunik subdivision of the Defender s Staff.
The shepard of Aravus village submitted alarming complaints to the Staff of the Human Rights Defender that he grazed 14 large and small cattle on a shepherd about 500 meters from his house on 18 April 2021. Between 5 and 6 pm, when the pastor was in the area about 50 meters from the Azerbaijani position to the Aravus village, three Azerbaijani armed servicemen approached him.
The pastor of Aravus village submitted alarming complaints to the Staff of the Human Rights Defender
The pastor of Aravus village submitted alarming complaints to the Staff of the Human Rights Defender
The criminal attack of dragging and beating the Aravus village pastor by Azerbaijani military servicemen confirms urgent need for a security zone around Syunik Immediately after this information, the Human Rights Defender of Armenia has immediately initiated fact-finding activities with the involvement of the Syunik subdivision of the Defender s Staff.
The pastor of Aravus village submitted alarming complaints to the Staff of the Human Rights Defender that he grazed 14 large and small cattle on a pasture about 500 meters from his house on 18 April 2021. Between 5 and 6 pm, when the pastor was in the area about 50 meters from the Azerbaijani position to the Aravus village, three Azerbaijani armed servicemen approached him. According to the pastor, the Azerbaijani military servicemen
"The Human Rights Defender’s monitoring, as well as the results of the investigation of the complaints received continuously confirm that the Azerbaijani authorities, in gross violation of international .