{"id":1411,"date":"2023-06-08T20:50:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2023-06-08T20:50:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:50:09","slug":"damage-threat-alert-new-military-installations-near-historic-sites-in-aghdam-martakert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/?p=1411","title":{"rendered":"Damage & Threat Alert: New Military Installations near Historic Sites in Aghdam & Martakert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CHW is concerned about new military installations near historic sites in Aghdam&Martakert. Between April & July 2021, bunkers were dug into a historic Azerbaijani cemetery, near a mausoleum. They were recently expanded as indicated in an April 2023 image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, a series of bunkers have appeared roughly 80 meters to the east of the Azerbaijani cemetery and mausoleum near Gyzyl Kangarli\/Nor Maragha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Likewise, between October 2022 and May 2023, bunkers appeared 115 meters east of the ruins of the early medieval church of Gyavurkala, located between Bayahmadli\/Nor Haykajur and Sofulu villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Article 4.1 of the Hague Convention calls on parties to refrain \u201cfrom any use of the [cultural] property and its immediate surroundings\u2026which are likely to expose it to destruction or damage in the event of armed conflict.\u201d Locating bunkers near heritage sites is a violation. This is a worrisome pattern. CHW calls on Az authorities to abide by Article 4.1 of the Hague Convention and remove military installations near heritage sites. Information on the 5-6th c. church and its history of excavation can be found here<\/a>. More on the Gyzyl Kangarli cemetery here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CHW is concerned about new military installations near historic sites in Aghdam&Martakert. Between April & July 2021, bunkers were dug into a historic Azerbaijani cemetery, near a mausoleum. They were recently expanded as indicated in an April 2023 image. In addition, a series of bunkers have appeared roughly 80 meters to the east of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heritage-monitoring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1415,"href":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions\/1415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}