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YEREVAN HOSTS MARAGHAR-20TH CENTURY GOLGOTHA PROJECT PRESENTATION
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 9, 2010 - 15:40 AMT 10:40 GMT
Xenophobia Prevention Initiative presented a new website and a film
highlighting tragic events which occurred on April 10, 1992 in the
village of Maraghar.
The Maragha.org trilingual website provides information about the
genocide of the villagers perpetrated by Azeri forces. This project is
an attempt to show the real history of Maraghar, in hopes of preventing
repetition of such tragedies in future. "We hope our website will
help people realize the disastrous consequences of the war. Today,
Azerbaijan encourages crimes, awarding a national hero title to the
officer who killed an Armenian soldier," information security expert
Samvel Martirosyan stressed.
On April 10, 1992, forces from Azerbaijan attacked the Armenian
village of Maraghar in northeastern Karabakh. The villagers awoke at
7 a.m. to the sound of heavy shelling; then tanks rolled in, followed
by infantry, followed by civilians with pick-up trucks to take home
the pickings of the looting they knew would follow the eviction of
the villagers.
Azeri soldiers sawed off the heads of 45 villagers, burnt others,
took 100 women and children away as hostages, looted and set fire to
all the homes, and left with all the pickings from the looting.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 9, 2010 - 15:40 AMT 10:40 GMT
Xenophobia Prevention Initiative presented a new website and a film
highlighting tragic events which occurred on April 10, 1992 in the
village of Maraghar.
The Maragha.org trilingual website provides information about the
genocide of the villagers perpetrated by Azeri forces. This project is
an attempt to show the real history of Maraghar, in hopes of preventing
repetition of such tragedies in future. "We hope our website will
help people realize the disastrous consequences of the war. Today,
Azerbaijan encourages crimes, awarding a national hero title to the
officer who killed an Armenian soldier," information security expert
Samvel Martirosyan stressed.
On April 10, 1992, forces from Azerbaijan attacked the Armenian
village of Maraghar in northeastern Karabakh. The villagers awoke at
7 a.m. to the sound of heavy shelling; then tanks rolled in, followed
by infantry, followed by civilians with pick-up trucks to take home
the pickings of the looting they knew would follow the eviction of
the villagers.
Azeri soldiers sawed off the heads of 45 villagers, burnt others,
took 100 women and children away as hostages, looted and set fire to
all the homes, and left with all the pickings from the looting.
From: A. Papazian