Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 25 / Trend , J. Babayeva/
The Belgium Azerbaijan House (BAH) will erect a tent at the Place du Schuman Square in Brussels on the occasion of the 17th anniversary of the Khojali Genocide.
Photos and films about the Khojali Genocide will be shown at the tent.
English, French, and Turkish brochures will be distributed, as well as the French-language book, "Occupied Land - Karabakh." The BAH published the book last year, the BAH press service said.
Numerous slogans will be hung on the tent, such as: "Occupied City - Khojali," "Where is Justice?" and "Armenian Occupies Nagorno-Karabakh."
Signatures will be gathered at the tent. Visitor signatures will be give to the Brussels court.
On the night of Feb. 25, 1992, Armenian separatists seized the Khojali settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Within hours, over 600 unarmed Azerbaijani citizens were killed. Among them were 106 women and 83 children. The massacre continued for days, while the Armenian separatists killed their hostages and cut the heads off of Azerbaijani military personnel. A total of 487 people were left disabled and 1,275 people were taken prisoner. The fate of 150 people remains unknown.
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