Azerbaijan, Baku, 18 February /Trend, T.Hajiyev/
Khojaly genocide was directed not only against Azerbaijan, it is a policy of genocide directed against the entire Turkic world. These opinions were expressed at a meeting in Donetsk organized at a joint initiative of the Youth Forum of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Union of Azerbaijani Youth in Ukraine and the Ukrainian representative office of the World Congress of Azerbaijanis.
During the event, which was attended by official representatives of the Donetsk region, the functionaries of the diasporas, journalists, local and foreign students, the head of the Ukrainian representative office of the World Congress of Azerbaijanis Mohlat Huseynov made a speech, which was based on the facts of genocide and occupation committed by the Armenians against Azerbaijan in the last two centuries. Calling Khojaly massacre as a crime against humanity, the second secretary of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine Farid Babayev said that the activities conducted under the campaign "Justice for Khojaly" play a significant role in presenting to the world community the truth about atrocities committed by the Armenians, said the message of Union of Azerbaijani Youth in Ukraine.
The event participants watched the film "When words freeze" taken by the Trend International News Agency regarding the Armenian vandalism. After watching the film, not holding back the tears, the head of the committee on minorities of the Donetsk region Natalia Ustimenko, head of Arab diaspora Ehsan Rufash and other speakers called on international organizations and world community to give a legal assessment to this crime against humanity, and felt the absence of such an assessment injustice.
"If the Armenians do not give up the policy of genocide and occupation pursued against Azerbaijan, they may be trampled by the world Azerbaijanis whose patience has exhausted," said speakers at the meeting. The chairman of the Congress of Azerbaijanis in Donetsk Iqbal Mahmudov, head of the Donetsk regional organization of the Congress of Ukrainian Azerbaijanis Pirverdiyev Malik, head of Union of Azerbaijani Youth in Ukraine Anar Tahir and other young people said they were ready at any time take up arms and liberate Azerbaijani lands from the enemy.
The events conducted by the Youth Forum of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Union of Azerbaijani Youth in Ukraine as part of the campaign "Justice for Khojaly" will complete in late February with the protests in front of UN and OSCE missions in Ukraine.
The film "When words freeze..." ("Sözün bitdiyi zaman") was produced by AMI TREND as part of project of the State Support for Media Development Fund under the Azerbaijani President.
The storyline is devoted to paintings of historical chronology of the genocide policy carried out by Armenians against Azerbaijanis, for many years. The film tells of the atrocities committed by Armenians during the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh - the last stage of the Armenian vandalism. The people who witnessed the atrocities committed by Armenians spoke to the film.
The Armenian military forces committed genocide in Khojaly on Feb. 26, 1992. More than 600 people were killed, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old men. A total of 1,000 civilians were disabled during the genocide. Eight families were annihilated, 130 children lost one parent, and 25 lost both. Additionally, 1,275 peaceful residents were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 remains unknown.
