The Torture and Ill-Treatment of Armenians by Azerbaijani Soldiers Had Deep Roots

The documented evidence by the Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia indicates that the propaganda of hatred and animosity towards the Armenian people in Azerbaijan has deep roots and broad public support. This was stated by the Armenian Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan on his Facebook page.

“These statements are from cultural and sports figures in Azerbaijan regarding Armenians during the September-November 2020 war:

• “Karabakh will be cleansed of the satanic scum of Armenian fascism. These Armenian fascists are devoid of honor and justly destroyed,” - Azerbaijani People's Artist.
• “Armenians are a race, an ethnic group that destroys itself. They are very miserable and ungrateful creatures. Armenians are such liars, cowards, frivolous, and two-faced that it cannot be expressed in words,” - Azerbaijani People's Artist.
• “This war in Karabakh is the beginning of the end for world Armenians, who are built on lies, deceit, and despicableness,” - Azerbaijani People's Artist.
• “Our enemy is dishonorable, deceitful, and unworthy. They are barbarians, terrorists, driven by fascist ideas of their own superiority,” - Azerbaijani People's Artist.
• “Armenians are nothing and not human, who hide in their dens like rats,” - Azerbaijani Honored Artist.
• “The child of a whore will also become a whore. They are all foxes. When the right time comes, they will show themselves,” - a member of the Azerbaijani Writers' Union regarding an elderly Armenian woman.
• “The Armenian nation is truly sick. Medicine is hopeless; this is incurable. Chronic Armenian diarrhea,” - Winner of the ‘Voice of Turkey’ song competition.
• “Do not call Armenians whores. A whore sells herself; an Armenian throws himself on others,” - Lecturer at the State University of Culture and Arts of Azerbaijan.
• “We must kill Armenians regardless of whether they are women, children, or elderly…” - Media director of the ‘Karabakh’ football club.
• “If the human race was truly created by God, then Armenians are the offspring of evil,” - Director of media and public communications of the Azerbaijani football federations.

The documented evidence indicates that the torture and ill-treatment of Armenians by Azerbaijani soldiers during this war had deep-rooted reasons and occurred solely based on ethnic affiliation towards Armenians. Details are reflected in the joint urgent report of the Human Rights Defenders of Armenia and Artsakh, prepared based on the results of continuous monitoring conducted during the September-November 2020 war: [link],” wrote Arman Tatoyan.