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At the initiative of Elkhan Suleymanov, who is a member of Azerbaijani parliament, site Karabakhinfo.com was created in April 2012, which serves as another official mouthpiece of Azerbaijani propaganda.

The level and argumentation base of the site speaks of the fact that it is designed for a lowly reader, prone to emotional perceptions, and not capable of making independent analysis of the facts.

Screaming headlines, abuse of interjection "Shock", abundance of horrifying details with references to unconfirmed sources which are presented as "evidence of eyewitnesses", photos that are bogus and are not related to the story, are another evidence of targeted inculcation of Armenofobia by the Azerbaijani officials.

For example, on the pages of the website mentioned above, under the next emotional headline called "Shock! Armenian Forms of Torture (+18) - PHOTO" an article of some Zaur Aliyev is published, the latter is presented as an employee of the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), Chairman of Diaspora and Lobby Research Center, doctor of political philosophy. From this it follows that Ph.D. Aliyev had witnessed the Khojalu events, though his name is not mentioned in any international or Azerbaijani report referring to those events.

In his article the author grounds also on "the testimonies of the eyewitnesses, MNS information, reports of the State Commission on prisoners, missing people and hostages, war veterans, Armenian authors’ notes." The author, of course, does not highlight names and sources using the usual formulation "at their request."

The obsessive visualization of the content of the article also attracts attention.

The first photo was taken presumably in the early 20th century. The author is unknown, the events associated with it too. And it is the factor of anonymity and uncertainty that causes exploitation of the photo by various sources in their own way. In particular, the Turkish propaganda prefers to illustrate it in the articles demonstrating the "genocide of Turks by the Armenians"  Azerbaijani propaganda uses it to illustrate the events of 1918 or 1992. The probative value of this shocking photo is weak as it is not known by who and where was taken the photo and who is depicted in it; however it is not an obstacle for the propaganda activities.

The second photo that depicts dead children, is taken from Ukrainian sites  dedicated to the Holodomor, but is presented as a photo of Azerbaijani children "killed by Armenian terrorists." The original of the photo can be found on the official website of the President of Ukraine.

The third photo depicts Azerbaijani soldiers captured during the Nagorno-Karabakh war. Judging by the quality of the photo, one can surly say that it is a newspaper clipping. Given that it is presented separately from the main article, it can be assumed that it is not connected with "Khojaly" tortures and other statements brought in the article.

The fourth photo is quite widely used in the Azerbaijani press, as usual with a reference to the "genocide of Azerbaijanis" in 1918; it, however, is “connected” sometimes with the present day events. If one studies the details of the photo carefully, it becomes clear that the exposure is staged and it is most likely that it is a frame from a film. Anyway, it is strange to see how a guy with bandaged hands is holding a bottle with his teeth and is drinking from it, and his "cellmates" look blankly into the space and do not even try to help him. The origin of the photo is very doubtful – neither the author's name, nor the scene and the participants of the scene are known. There is no special archive number showing from where it was taken.

The fifth photo is the one actively used by the Azerbaijani propaganda. This has already been considered by the xocali.net site – "№ 20 Lvov Jews are presented for victims of Armenian terror." It is noteworthy that, it is marked as if the photo is from the "personal archive of Zaur Aliyev." This fact gives the reader a false impression that Aliyev is the author or copyright holder of the photo. However, its original is kept in the Holocaust museum.