Amnesty International: Cluster Bombs Used in Nagorno-Karabakh War
According to Amnesty International, the parties involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are using cluster bombs that significantly increase civilian casualties. The organization has called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to respect the right to life of ordinary people.
Amnesty International says it has obtained footage showing that cluster bombs are being used in the fighting around Nagorno-Karabakh. The same organization stated on Monday, October 6th, that cluster bombs of Israeli manufacture have likely been fired by Azerbaijan.
Cluster bombs often fail to detonate and remain in the ground, acting like mines and permanently endangering the lives of local residents.
International laws prohibit the use of cluster bombs in any circumstances, but according to Amnesty International, these munitions have been used in the Nagorno-Karabakh war to terrorize ordinary civilians.
According to another report released on Tuesday, the city of Stepanakert came under artillery fire from the Azerbaijani army again with unprecedented intensity.
The French news agency reported, citing local residents, of artillery attacks and successive explosions in and around the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh. The targets of the attacks have been mostly residential areas, with ordinary city residents being the primary victims.
Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan have had ongoing disputes over the Nagorno-Karabakh region since the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the fierce wars that took place between the two sides from 1991 to 1994 over control of the mountainous Karabakh region, more than 30,000 people were killed.
