Conflict broke out in 1988 when the region tried to join Armenia, and escalated into war after the 1991 collapse of the USSR, leaving an estimated 30,000 dead and displacing about 1 million. Tensions between Christian Armenians and mostly Muslim Azeris boiled over as the Soviet Union collapsed. The predominantly Armenian-populated region had an autonomous status within Azerbaijan during the Soviet era.
The legal dispute is the latest battle over the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan that has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by the Armenian government for more than a quarter of a century.
With titles such as 'Ethnic Cleansing' and 'Shoot the Blacks,' the manipulated games are proliferating. Both countries have signed the convention. Attempting to capitalize on the vast popularity of computer video games - especially among the young - hate groups are manipulating available technology to create violently racist and anti-Semitic versions of popular video games. It accuses Armenia of breaching an international convention aimed at eradicating discrimination.Īrmenia last week cited the same convention in bringing its case to the court, which handles disputes between nations. “Armenia’s policies and conduct of ethnic cleansing, cultural erasure and fomenting of hatred against Azerbaijanis systematically infringe the rights and freedoms of Azerbaijanis, as well as Azerbaijan’s own rights,” the case alleges.
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