WASHINGTON, DC — Concerned by the silence of the human rights community over the grave war crimes and atrocities committed during Azerbaijan’s attacks against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) in April 2016, the Armenian Legal Center for Justice and Human Rights (ALC) has called on Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to detail these crimes in their annual reports.
In its March 13, 2017, letters to the two leading human rights groups, ALC noted the glaring omission of credible information about the beheadings of soldiers and the murder and mutilation of civilians in Artsakh during the April 2016, 4-day war.
“Considering the impact of grave abuses, such as a standing army’s beheading of enemy soldiers and mutilation and murder of civilians in their home, clearly has upon respect for human rights in general, we believe these atrocities should not have been ignored, especially considering the documentary photographs, video, and testimony surrounding these reports,” explained Kate Nahapetian, Executive Director of the ALC.
The Armenian Legal Center for Justice and Human Rights (ALC) fights to redress human rights violations emanating from the Armenian Genocide that continue to this day and undermine stability in a region that has for far too long been marred by policies founded on genocide, not human rights and justice. ALC promotes scholarship on the legal avenues for addressing the challenges emanating from the Armenian Genocide, in addition to pursuing cases in national and international courts, while promoting the protection of Armenian cultural heritage through the return of stolen properties and artifacts.
