Armenia`s government took only limited credible steps to investigate  and punish alleged human rights abuses by former and sitting  government officials and law enforcement authorities - U.S.  Department of State

ArmInfo.More than 100,000 ethnic-Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh fled to Armenia between 

September 24 and October 1, following Azerbaijan's military operation to gain full control over Nagorno-Karabakh, reads the 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Armenia. 

"This followed Azerbaijan's closure of the Lachin Corridor between 

Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh to most civilian and commercial access, 

allowing only intermittent humanitarian access, between December 2022 

and September 24, when it reopened for one-way traffic out of 

Nagorno-Karabakh. During the year, Azerbaijani forces hit certain 

infrastructure inside Armenia. Armenia's government strengthened its 

institutional framework to fight corruption by implementing its new 

anti-corruption strategy on multiple fronts. Numerous nongovernmental 

organizations reported on a notable increase in cases of abuse or 

torture by law enforcement officials of individuals in custody and 

asserted such behavior was becoming systemic and often went 

unpunished.

"Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: 

torture or cruel inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by the 

government; arbitrary arrest or detention; serious problems with the 

independence of the judiciary; arbitrary or unlawful interference 

with privacy; crimes involving violence or threats of violence 

targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or intersex 

persons; and the existence of the worst forms of child labor.

"The government took only limited credible steps to investigate and 

punish alleged human rights abuses by former and sitting government 

officials and law enforcement authorities. There was no reported 

progress on government investigations of alleged abuses committed by 

the Armenian armed forces or individuals during the 2020 

hostilities," the report reads.  

The full report is available here 

https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights- 

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