Institutions of human rights defenders of Armenia and Artsakh have published an extraordinary report on the humanitarian consequences of blocking the Lachin Corridor, with newly updated data as of January 13, 2023.

In the report, the Defenders referred to the reaction of international structures, figures, and media to the Lachin Corridor issue, the provocative statements by high-ranking Azerbaijani officials and public figures regarding the blockade of the Lachin Corridor, the continuous signs of ethnic cleansing by high-ranking Azerbaijani officials, the humanitarian crisis caused by the blockade, the action of "eco-activists" to the new data justifying the false nature, as well as to the direct connections of the persons who illegally blocked the road with the government of Azerbaijan.

The report also referred to the rights of free movement of the population, ensuring a sufficient standard of living, access to food, and health care, as well as violations of children's rights.

In different sections of the report, the violations of rights were analyzed according to the principles and norms of international human rights and humanitarian law. It is the conclusion of the defenders that the sending of the international fact-finding mission is necessary, among other things, to prevent the most far-reaching steps of the Azerbaijani policy of ethnic cleansing.

According to established practice, the report will be submitted to organizations and actors with an international human rights mandate.