OIC reps to conduct fact-finding mission in Azerbaijan’s Aghdam, Fuzuli and Ganja

A delegation headed by the chairman of the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission within the framework of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) arrived in Azerbaijan at the invitation of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) of the Republic of Azerbaijan Sabina Aliyeva to conduct a fact-finding mission in Ganja, Aghdam and Fuzuli districts, according to Azerbaijan in Focus, reporting Trend.

The delegation included Chairman of the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC IPHRC) Muhammad Suleiman Lawal (Nigeria), Deputy Chairman of the OIC IPHRC Haci Ali Acikgul (Türkiye), member of the OIC NHRC Hilal bin Said Al Shidhani (Oman), Executive Director of the OIC NHRC Secretariat Noura bint Zaid Al-Rashoud (Saudi Arabia Arabia), Director of the OIC NHRC Secretariat Javed Saglaine (Pakistan), employee of the OIC NHRC Secretariat Ibrahim Saidu Kamara (Guinea).

The main purpose of the visit is to establish the facts of Armenia’s destruction of religious and cultural monuments, and cemeteries belonging to Azerbaijanis, to collect materials about Azerbaijanis affected by occupation and rocket bombing, as well as to prepare a report on the results of the mission and present it to the international community.