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    PRESS RELEASE
    Armenian Cooperation Center Of Georgia (ACCG)
    7 Khodasheni St., Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 0105
    Tel/Fax: (995 32) 98 61 88
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Internet: http://www.Armenia.ge

    A memorial evening on massacres of Armenian population in former Azerbaijan
    SSR (Sumgayit, Baku, Kirovabad) will be held on 28th of February 2008 in
    Petros Adamyan State Armenian Theater in Tbilisi (8 Tsamebuli ave.) The
    programme of the evening includes

    Photo exhibition
    Documentary film screening
    Speeches and thematic reports
    Music performance

    Sumgayit pogroms were done against the Armenian population of the city of
    Sumgayit in 1988 february 26 evening until February 29. It was the first act
    of ethnic persecution in modern soviet history. The Sumgayit massacres
    lasted three days and were conducted with massive violence and killings. It
    resulted in displacement of first groups of armenian refugees to Karabakh
    and Armenia. No investigations were conducted. The wrong-doers were not
    prosecuted and punished and that resulted in further violence against the
    Armenian population of Azerbaijan and Karabakh.



    The press service of the Armenian Cooperation Centre of Georgia

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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