January 1, 2022

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"[EXCERPT] Azerbaijani policy of organized hatred and animosity against Armenians has been the primary source of the human rights violations not only before the September-November 2020 war, during the war but also after the war, including the military aggression of September 13-14, 2022. These policies have been invigorated even further as a tool for directing the internal grievances of the population toward ‘an external evil’ in the image of Armenia and its people

This is in a closed chain in Azerbaijan being generated through state policy; encouraged by cultural, religious and other public figures that have been seeded in the Azerbaijani society at large.

This is not only about rhetorics or words used, but also a long-standing institutional policy that has been implemented in real life (science, education, culture, sport, etc.). Even videos of atrocities illustrate that Azerbaijani soldiers use the same words as their authorities while torturing and beheading, mutilating Armenian civilians or soldiers.

For the Azerbaijani authorities, anti-Armenianism is a domestic and foreign policy tool, a source of nourishment. It is a deliberate policy of keeping one's own people in Armenophobia in order to divert them from their internal problems."