Map indicating the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and its surroundings. Areas marked as under the control of one of the parties to the conflict based on various sources including Eurasianet, ICG and BBC. The map is provided for the purposes of visual reference only and does not imply any recognition of legal or political claims to territory. © 2021 John Emerson for Human Rights Watch
The first children died on the first day of the war.
On September 27, 2020 a shell killed Victoria Gevorgyan. She was just 9 years of age. The shell landed in the yard of her home in the Martuni region of Nagorno-Karabakh. On the same day, in the Azerbaijani town of Naftalan, a shell killed Shahriyar Gurbanov, 13, and his cousin Fidan Gurbanova, 14, and three other members of the family while they were in the yard of their home.
