‘Urgent steps needed to avoid further humanitarian crisis’ – Human Rights Watch representative on situation in Artsakh

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YEREVAN, MARCH 23, ARMENPRESS. Associate director at Europe and Central Asia Division of the Human Rights Watch, Giorgi Gogia, has expressed concerns about the current humanitarian situation in Artsakh. 

“For 2nd time in 2 weeks, Nagorno-Karabakh residents are left without heating in freezing temperatures because of a gas pipeline running through Azerbaijan-controlled territory. Many bakeries are also unable to operate causing an acute shortage of bread”, he said on Twitter. “The gas cut also affects educational institutions, including kindergartens and schools. They remain closed as they cannot be heated. Urgent steps are needed to avoid further humanitarian crisis”, he added.