Cemetery near Gizil Kangarli / Nor Maragha

The cemetery near Gizil Kangarli / Nor Maragha (MT.212-0, large red box in the satellite images) was first impacted between April and July of 2021 when a military emplacement was dug near the center of the site. Between October 2022 and April 2023, additional positions were excavated in and around the cemetery. In the southeast corner of the cemetery stands a single mausoleum (MT.453-0). CHW assesses the cemetery as significantly damaged by the military construction in the area. And we assess the mausoleum as severely threatened both by active construction and by the potential of the area to become a target in the event of renewed hostilities. Placing military installations in proximity to heritage sites is a violation of Article 4(1) of the 1954 Hague Convention which Azerbaijan ratified in 1993. The mausoleum can be seen in the image below with the area of the cemetery in the foreground.