Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.3 / Trend , M.Aliyev /
The International Center of the Diaspora will hold a meeting dedicated to the anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy on Stefan Place in Vienna.
Permission to conduct the meeting has been received from the Viennese state authorities.
Within the "Justice for Khojaly" campaign, the International Center of the Diaspora will launch events in Eastern Europe's countries from Feb. 18-27.
The campaign was announced upon the initiative of the Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation for Intercultural Dialogue (ICYF-DC). General Coordinator Leyla Aliyeva opened the campaign May 8, 2008.
Armenian troops committed genocide in Khojali on Feb. 26, 1992. The tragedy began early morning. Within hours, over 613 unarmed Azerbaijani citizens were killed and among them were 106 women and 83 children. About 1,000 people were disabled by shots; eight families were fully destroyed. A total of 25 children lost both of their parents and 130 children lost one of them. About 1,275 people were taken prisoner and around 150 people went missing. Eight families were completely killed.
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