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AZERBAIJANI DIASPORA IN GERMANY SENDS LETTER OF THANKS TO CNN
T.Hajiyev
Trend News Agency
Sept 20 2010
Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani diaspora in Germany has sent a letter of thanks to CNN
for showing a film about Azerbaijan national hero Chingiz Mustafayev,
the State Committee for Diaspora of Azerbaijan told Trend on Monday.
Upon the advice of the Azerbaijani embassy in Germany, the coordination
center of the Azerbaijanis in Germany has sent a letter of thanks to
CNN vice-president Rick Davis and presenter Guillermo Adorno for the
program and called on the German public and other Azerbaijani diaspora
organizations add their voices of support. The letter was addressed
to all the Azerbaijani and Turkish diaspora organizations in Germany.
On Aug. 28-31, U.S. television channel CNN International broadcast
five times in four days a report on its "World View" program about
Mustafayev, an Azerbaijani television reporter who was killed in the
Karabakh war. The program marked the 50th anniversary of Mustafayev's
birth.
Th courage of Mustafayev and other journalists led to the truth about
the Khojaly Massacre in February 1992 being exposed to the world.
Hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians from the town of Khojaly were
killed on Feb. 25-26 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. According
to international observers such as Human Rights Watch, the massacre
was committed by the Armenian armed forces.
The Armenian lobby was concerned about the CNN broadcast, which
presented to the world the position of Azerbaijan, and showed the
bitter realities of Azerbaijan's modern history.
One of the most authoritative Armenian organizations in U.S., the
Armenian Assembly of America, appealed to Armenians to submit letters
of protest to CNN International. The Armenian organization also tried
to stop the story being broadcast.
From: A. Papazian
T.Hajiyev
Trend News Agency
Sept 20 2010
Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani diaspora in Germany has sent a letter of thanks to CNN
for showing a film about Azerbaijan national hero Chingiz Mustafayev,
the State Committee for Diaspora of Azerbaijan told Trend on Monday.
Upon the advice of the Azerbaijani embassy in Germany, the coordination
center of the Azerbaijanis in Germany has sent a letter of thanks to
CNN vice-president Rick Davis and presenter Guillermo Adorno for the
program and called on the German public and other Azerbaijani diaspora
organizations add their voices of support. The letter was addressed
to all the Azerbaijani and Turkish diaspora organizations in Germany.
On Aug. 28-31, U.S. television channel CNN International broadcast
five times in four days a report on its "World View" program about
Mustafayev, an Azerbaijani television reporter who was killed in the
Karabakh war. The program marked the 50th anniversary of Mustafayev's
birth.
Th courage of Mustafayev and other journalists led to the truth about
the Khojaly Massacre in February 1992 being exposed to the world.
Hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians from the town of Khojaly were
killed on Feb. 25-26 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. According
to international observers such as Human Rights Watch, the massacre
was committed by the Armenian armed forces.
The Armenian lobby was concerned about the CNN broadcast, which
presented to the world the position of Azerbaijan, and showed the
bitter realities of Azerbaijan's modern history.
One of the most authoritative Armenian organizations in U.S., the
Armenian Assembly of America, appealed to Armenians to submit letters
of protest to CNN International. The Armenian organization also tried
to stop the story being broadcast.
From: A. Papazian