Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 14 / Trend , J.Babayeva /
The U.S. based American-Azerbaijani Community will hold a range of arrangements due to the 17th anniversary of Khojali genocide.
"On Feb. 27, a protest action will be staged in front of the UN headquarter in New York. An appeal will be addressed to UN Secretary General and organization participating countries," American-Azerbaijani Community acting chairman Tomris Azeri said to Trend Life over phone from New York.
Azeri said a presentation will take place in the Turkish House in New York on Feb. 27 due to the Khojali tragedy. "The ceremony will attend by American journalist Tomas Golts, Azerbaijani Deputies Ganira Pashayeva and Eva Mammadova, including Turkish and Jewish representatives. The photos and film about the Khojali genocide will be demonstrated in the arrangement," Azeri said.
On the night of 25 to 26 February 1992 the Azerbaijani settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh, Khojali, was occupied by Armenian separatists, with active participation of military personnel and army tanks of the 366th regiment of the Russian army. In a matter of several hours, more than 600 unarmed Azerbaijani citizens, including 106 women and 83 children, were brutally killed. The annihilation of the peaceful people continued for several days during which time the Armenians executed and killed prisoners, committed violence against women and children, cut off the heads of Azerbaijani military prisoners and had them hung up. During this crime, 487 people, including 76 juveniles were physically disabled and 1,275 people were taken prisoner. Despite the release of most of the prisoners, the fate of 150 people is still unknown.
The Azerbaijani Government reviews the issue to bring a law suit against Armenia to the International Court (the Hague Court), Chief of Presidential Administration's Public and Political Department Ali Hasanov said earlier to Trend Life.
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