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Artsakh ombudsman: Families of civilian victims haven’t received any social assistance

Panorama, Armenia
Dec 23 2020

Families of civilian victims of the recent Artsakh war have not benefited from any social assistance program thus far, Artsakh Human Rights Ombudsman Artak Beglaryan said late on Tuesday.

“Now we are finalizing a special report on civilians killed by the Azerbaijani armed forces, the public version of which will include all the basic personal data and brief descriptions of events, while the closed version of the report will include many pre-mortem and post-mortem photos,” he wrote on Facebook.

“We will publish the report in the morning, I hope that tomorrow we will have time to publish two more reports as a summary of some of our fact-finding activity.

“In this context, I would like to emphasize that the Republic of Artsakh and the Republic of Armenia should promptly make legislative changes and grant a specific status to civilian victims and their families. To date, the families of civilian victims have not benefited from any social assistance program, while they, too, have fallen victim to the enemy's crimes, many of them in the line of duty,” the ombudsman added.

Beglaryan announced his decision to step down as Artsakh ombudsman earlier on Tuesday to assume a new position in the government.


Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS