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Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 24 / Trend M.Aliyev /
Baku hosted a presentation of the short film "Justice for Khojaly" on the genocide perpetrated by Armenians in Khojali.
Azerbaijani Deputy Youth and Sport Minister Intigam Babayev said at the presentation ceremony that the Khojali genocide is proof of the heroism of the Azerbaijani people and movie will promote accurate information about this tragedy abroad.
"The main purpose of producing the video in English is that the public outside the country could share the feelings of the Azerbaijani people in connection with the genocide perpetrated by Armenians," he added.
The clip will be shown in 20 countries Feb.25, and will play a significant role in informing the world community about the tragedy, said Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Youth Forum Secretary General Elshad Isgandarov.
He said about 130,000 people from around the world supported the "Justice for Khojaly" campaign through the Web site www.justiceforkhojaly.org.
"Creating a huge number of concurrent Web resources, Armenia tries to resist this propaganda in every way, which again proves the success of our campaign," he said.
Armenian troops committed genocide in Khojali on Feb. 26, 1992. The tragedy began early morning. Within hours, over 613 unarmed Azerbaijani citizens were killed. 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.
The "Justice for Khojaly" international media campaign was announced upon the initiative of Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation (ICYF-DC) General Coordinator Leyla Aliyeva May 8, 2008.
One of the most important challenges before the Azerbaijani people is to familiarize the world with the truth about the tragedy committed against the Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani MP Ganira Pashayeva said.
"The way toward the recognition of the Khojali tragedy in the world is through the implementation of broad propaganda in the world," she said. "Propaganda must be carried out by modern methods and clips play important role here. This clip shows not the music, but the protest against injustice."
In his speech, Azerbaijani Parliamentray Social Policy Committee Chairman Hadi Rajabli noted about Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's call to the Azerbaijani diaspora to move from defense to attack in the issue of promoting the truth about Karabakh. "This clip is an indicator of successful launch of this policy," he added.
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