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The practice of “social cleansing”, for instance, reprises the practice of “selective killing”. (...) The inquiries that I made were not such as to be able to gauge the relative frequency of official versus non-official social cleansing; however, those that I met who shared first-hand knowledge of social cleansing located the responsibility with the police, and it is this kind of social cleansing that I will discuss in greater depth here. 19. (...) The evidence shows that social cleansing is more than the actions of a few rogue officers.

New violence in May 1998 has additionally driven out around 40 000 people from Abkhazia region. The ethnic cleansing during the August 2008 Russian-Georgia war The Russian military aggression against Georgia in August 2008 brought a new wave of massive ethnic cleansing of the Georgian population from the areas under Russian control. (...) A/HRC/36/G/14 GE.17-19411 3 New wave of ethnic cleansing under Russian occupation Since 2008 the ethnic discrimination against Georgians has continued in the occupied territories forming the ground for another wave of ethnic cleansing. (...) Position of International community The international community has been clear and vocal in attesting the ethnic cleansing in the regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia of Georgia, calling for the necessity to guarantee the right to safe and dignified return of all IDPs and refugees to their homes.

As a result of the ethnic cleansing carried out by Armenia, more than 1 000 000 Azerbaijanis were subjected to ethnic cleansing, forcefully expelled from their native lands and became IDPs and refugees. (...) It should be noted that Armenia occupied the territories of Azerbaijan and carried out ethnic cleansing forcefully expelling 1 000 000 Azerbaijanis from their native lands. (...) The ethnic cleansing of the Azerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan does not mean that they are deprived of their fundamental human rights.

The pogroms of Armenians in Sumgait were the first instance of ethnic cleansing, and the Armenians driven out from Sumgait were the first refugees in what was still Soviet space. (...) The impunity granted to its perpetrators paved the way for atrocities and ethnic cleansing of Armenians also in other cities of Azerbaijan. 3 Widespread brutalities reached their peak in the form of bloody massacres and mass deportations of Armenians of Baku in January 1990 and ethnic cleansing of Shahumyan district in April-May of 1991. (...) The Azerbaijani leadership, then and now, never expressed remorse over the ethnic cleansing and massacres of the Armenians of Azerbaijan, or the Armenians of Karabakh.

The commemoration of the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis raises the awareness of the world community to the facts of the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijanis in the past and present. Since late 1980s, unleashing the war against Azerbaijan and occupying its territories, Armenia continued the policy reminiscent of March Massacre by carrying out ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis in Armenia and in the seized lands of Azerbaijan and committing numerous war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of genocide, including Khojaly Genocide of February 1992. 1 «Шаумян С.Г Избранные произведения», том 2, Москва 1978, стр. 259-260. A/HRC/43/G/25 GE.20-05383 3 While remembering the innocent victims of March tragedy, we strongly condemn the deliberate and continued policy of genocide, crimes against humanity, racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing by Armenia against the people of Azerbaijan and reiterate the importance of ceasing impunity of Armenia to prevent occurrence of such inhumane crimes.

The commemoration of the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis raises the awareness of the world community to the facts of the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijanis in the past and present. (...) During the nearly thirty years of occupation, Armenia carried through a policy of ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis in Armenia and in the seized lands of Azerbaijan. (...) While remembering the innocent victims of the March tragedy, we strongly condemn the deliberate policy of genocide, crimes against humanity, racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing by Armenia committed against the people of Azerbaijan until now and reiterate the importance of ceasing impunity of Armenia to prevent the occurrence of such inhumane crimes.

The commemoration of the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis plays an important role in informing the world community about the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijanis in the past and present. (...) One million Azerbaijanis fell victim to ethnic cleansing in Armenia and in occupied territories of Azerbaijan. (...) We strongly condemn the deliberate policy pursued by Armenia, based on genocide, crimes against humanity, racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing, committed so far against the Azerbaijani people, and we emphasize the importance of ceasing Armenia's impunity in order to prevent the recurrence of these inhumane crimes in the future.

The anti-Armenian massacres in Baku of January, 1990, completed the ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population of Azerbaijan. (...) Moreover, to date, Azerbaijan continues the very policy of ethnic cleansing and annihilating Armenians in Artsakh. A vivid evidence of that is the wiping out of the entire Armenian population from the territories that fell under the Azerbaijani control, which was carried out through massive war crimes and ethnic cleansing. Today by paying tribute to the innocent victims of the anti-Armenian massacres in Baku, we once again emphasize the joint commitment of the Republic of Armenia, Republic of Artsakh and the Armenians all over the world to ensure the right of all Armenians to free, secure and dignified life in their homeland.

TYPES OF KILLINGS..................................................................... 13 - 26 6 A. Social cleansing................. ........................................................ 14 - 16 6 B. (...) The types and quantities of killings have increased. Social cleansing, the murder of women, lynchings, attacks on human rights defenders, and prison violence continue to be significant problems. (...) In addition, in the last few years a new form of violence has taken hold-attacks against conductors of public transit. A. Social cleansing 14. The phenomenon of social cleansing persists, with detailed studies by NGOs suggesting that approximately 8-10 per cent of killings are carried out with the aim of “weeding out” suspected gang members and other criminals.

More than 24.000 inhabitants of Shusha were subjected to ethnic cleansing. The occupation of Shusha was part of Armenia’s systematic policy of occupation and aggression against Azerbaijan. As an outcome of this policy, Armenia occupied the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven adjacent districts of Azerbaijan by use of force, conducted notorious ethnic cleansing against more than one million Azerbaijanis in the seized territories and committed other serious war crimes and crimes against humanity. (...) The occupying Armenian side, following the ethnic cleansing conducted in course of Shusha's occupation, in contradiction to the requirements of international humanitarian law, destroys the historical and cultural heritage of Azerbaijan and gradually changes the cultural image of the city.