In November 2024, videos recorded by various individuals at the Stepanakert Memorial Complex began circulating on Azerbaijani social media platforms. These videos reveal that while the memorial complex remains intact, the tombstones of participants, heroes, and prominent figures of the Artsakh War have been damaged. Simultaneously, there have been calls advocating for the destruction of the memorial complex. Notably, the videos were predominantly created by "ordinary" Azerbaijani citizens. However, the most concerning are the short videos disseminated by media outlets closely aligned with the Azerbaijani authorities, accompanied by articles echoing and amplifying these destructive appeals.

On 17 November 2024, one of the Azerbaijani Telegram channels, known for its intolerance and aggressive writings, openly discussed the issue of destroying "illegal Armenian structures" (https://t.me/bez_tor/57066?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1vOoiIEIsEBxR12n9DSoly4NDO8vGbzJLd2XySXaYlDKZnASH1gHUTU7g_aem_-ysAWObqei46HiVyuWT3RQ).

The video reveals that the Azerbaijani side has deliberately scratched off the Armenian inscriptions on the monument. Specifically, the Armenian text on the wall adjacent to the Bell Tower Monument, erected in 2015 in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, has been erased (Figs. 1, 2, 3). These inscriptions included lines from Paruyr Sevak's poem The Silent Bell Tower: "Weeping for the dead, breaking the huts, calling the living." The monument, designed by architect Vladimir Sargsyan, was conceived as a bell tower inspired by Sevak's poignant poem(https://topnews.mediamall.am/?id=104083). Since 2020, the Azerbaijani side has predominantly targeted and destroyed monuments dedicated to the Armenian Genocide and the heroic battles of Artsakh in territories under their control. This systematic erasure represents a broader effort to undermine the cultural and historical memory associated with these monuments.