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    CONFERENCE ON ARMENIAN POGROMS IN BAKU HELD IN YEREVAN

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    19.01.2010 17:00 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Center for implementation of youth programs NGO
    jointly with the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and student
    councils of various Armenian universities organized a conference on
    Armenian pogroms in Baku . Chairman of the Student Council of YSU
    Tsolak Hakobyan, President of the Student Council of the YSLU after
    Bryusov Hasmik Apyan, Chairman of Center for implementation of youth
    programs Mihran Hakobyan, head of Assembly of Azerbaijani Armenians
    Gregory Ayvazyan and others held speeches.

    "We've decided that we must express their protest. These are only
    the first steps: we will organize similar events throughout the
    year. We need to inform the international community about the existing
    situation. We are supported by the Prosperous Armenia party, ARFD,
    and non-governmental organizations, " Mihran Hakobyan said.

    On January 13, 1990, the Azerbaijani authorities instigated the
    Armenian pogroms of Baku. Some 400 Armenians were killed and 200
    thousand were exiled in the period of January 13-19. The exact number
    of those killed was never determined, as no investigation was carried
    out into the crimes.

    On the above-mentioned date, a crowd numbering 50 thousand people
    divided into groups and started "cleaning" the city of Armenians. On
    January 17, the European Parliament called on EU Council of Foreign
    Ministers and European Council to protect Armenians and render
    assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. On January 18, a group of
    U.S. Senators sent a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev to express concerns
    over the violence against the Armenian population in Azerbaijan and
    called for unification of Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia.
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