Amnesty International Australia
Defending Human Rights
More than two dozen women targeted by government-backed smear campaign Private photos and intimate conversations made public, and women labelled ‘bad wives’ and ‘bad mothers’ ‘This is part of a deliberate strategy to muzzle critics of the Government’ – Natalia Nozadze Women who have played a prominent role in campaigning for women’s rights in Azerbaijan are …
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During the 44-day conflict between late September and early November 2020, Armenian and Azerbaijani forces’ repeated use of notoriously inaccurate and indiscriminate weapons – including cluster munitions and explosive weapons with wide area effects in populated civilian areas – violated international humanitarian law and killed scores of civilians, injured hundreds and destroyed homes and key infrastructure. …
On July 14th, an escalation in conflict at the Armenia – Azerbaijan border resulted in at least 16 deaths, and reignited a generations-long conflict between the two nations. By the end of September this erupted into heavy fighting which in recent weeks has led to thousands of civilians being displaced as both sides continue to …
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