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EUROPEAN ARMENIAN FEDERATION For Justice & Democracy
Avenue de la Renaissance 10
B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel/ Fax: +32 2 732 70 27/26
Website :Eafjd [1]
PRESS RELEASE
_For immediate release_
TUESDAY 18 JANUARY 2011
CONTACT : VARTENIE ECHO
TEL. / FAX. : +32 (0) 2 732 70 27
ON THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF BAKU ARMENIANS' POGROMS
ALIEV DECLARES: `YEREVAN IS AZERBAIJANI LAND'
This week marks the 21st anniversary of the Pogrom of Armenians in
Baku, capital city of Azerbaijan, which started on January 13th, 1990
and lasted a full seven days. This pogrom was in continuation of the
long list of pogroms starting in 1905, perpetrated against the
Armenian population in the territories which later became part of
Azerbaijan.
According to international reporters and eyewitnesses, the massacres
were not at all spontaneous; the attackers had lists of Armenians and
their addresses. The area around the Armenian quarter had become an
arena of mass killings. The Armenian Church, whose congregation had
already been depleted, was a charred ruin. Following the killings and
the mass deportations of the Armenians in all over the country, the
whole Armenian population fled Azerbaijan.
UN 1995 data shows that the Armenian refugees were more than 415 000,
and that 300 000 of them live currently in Armenia and Karabakh.
The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy informs
that even though the Republic of Armenia has given them refuge and
citizenship, today this refugee group, 10% of the Republic's
population, lives in dire social conditions, and is deprived of the
International Refugee status.
`_While meeting with the EU Special Representative Peter Semneby,
we addressed their helpless situation in __Armenia__ and in Karabakh.
We plan to pursue our actions for an official initiative of the
European Union in this regard_' said Hilda Tchoboian, President of
the European Armenian Federation.
The Federation also informs that on these sad days, Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliev, far from honouring the memory of the innocent
victims, increased his anti-Armenian aggressive rhetoric, by stating
that Yerevan is Azerbaijani land in his New Year's State of the
Nation address, and on his private tweeter.
`_Military buildup, war rhetoric and now Armenian land claims from
__Azerbaijan__: Aliev discredits the principle of good faith in the
peace process of the Karabakh conflict_', said Hilda Tchoboian.
`_On the same days, the President of the European Commission, Mr.
Barroso, visited __Baku__; and he too, failed to honour the memory of
the Armenian victims of the pogroms_' said Hilda Tchoboian. `_We
expect from Mr. Barroso not to sacrifice our core values for oil and
gas deals, but instead, raise them as a wall against
__Azerbaijan__'s delusional rhetoric_', concluded Hilda Tchoboian.
List of Armenian Pogroms by Azerbaijan
- 1905 -1907, First Armenian massacres by Azeri Tatars in Shushi,
Baku, Nakhichevan and Elizavetpol,
- 1918, massacres in Baku,
- 1920, massacres in Shushi,
- 1988, February massacres in Sumgait,
- 1988, November massacres in Kirovabad,
- 1990, January massacres in Baku,
- 1992 April massacres by the Azerbaijani army of the Maragha
Armenians.
From: A. Papazian
Avenue de la Renaissance 10
B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel/ Fax: +32 2 732 70 27/26
Website :Eafjd [1]
PRESS RELEASE
_For immediate release_
TUESDAY 18 JANUARY 2011
CONTACT : VARTENIE ECHO
TEL. / FAX. : +32 (0) 2 732 70 27
ON THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF BAKU ARMENIANS' POGROMS
ALIEV DECLARES: `YEREVAN IS AZERBAIJANI LAND'
This week marks the 21st anniversary of the Pogrom of Armenians in
Baku, capital city of Azerbaijan, which started on January 13th, 1990
and lasted a full seven days. This pogrom was in continuation of the
long list of pogroms starting in 1905, perpetrated against the
Armenian population in the territories which later became part of
Azerbaijan.
According to international reporters and eyewitnesses, the massacres
were not at all spontaneous; the attackers had lists of Armenians and
their addresses. The area around the Armenian quarter had become an
arena of mass killings. The Armenian Church, whose congregation had
already been depleted, was a charred ruin. Following the killings and
the mass deportations of the Armenians in all over the country, the
whole Armenian population fled Azerbaijan.
UN 1995 data shows that the Armenian refugees were more than 415 000,
and that 300 000 of them live currently in Armenia and Karabakh.
The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy informs
that even though the Republic of Armenia has given them refuge and
citizenship, today this refugee group, 10% of the Republic's
population, lives in dire social conditions, and is deprived of the
International Refugee status.
`_While meeting with the EU Special Representative Peter Semneby,
we addressed their helpless situation in __Armenia__ and in Karabakh.
We plan to pursue our actions for an official initiative of the
European Union in this regard_' said Hilda Tchoboian, President of
the European Armenian Federation.
The Federation also informs that on these sad days, Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliev, far from honouring the memory of the innocent
victims, increased his anti-Armenian aggressive rhetoric, by stating
that Yerevan is Azerbaijani land in his New Year's State of the
Nation address, and on his private tweeter.
`_Military buildup, war rhetoric and now Armenian land claims from
__Azerbaijan__: Aliev discredits the principle of good faith in the
peace process of the Karabakh conflict_', said Hilda Tchoboian.
`_On the same days, the President of the European Commission, Mr.
Barroso, visited __Baku__; and he too, failed to honour the memory of
the Armenian victims of the pogroms_' said Hilda Tchoboian. `_We
expect from Mr. Barroso not to sacrifice our core values for oil and
gas deals, but instead, raise them as a wall against
__Azerbaijan__'s delusional rhetoric_', concluded Hilda Tchoboian.
List of Armenian Pogroms by Azerbaijan
- 1905 -1907, First Armenian massacres by Azeri Tatars in Shushi,
Baku, Nakhichevan and Elizavetpol,
- 1918, massacres in Baku,
- 1920, massacres in Shushi,
- 1988, February massacres in Sumgait,
- 1988, November massacres in Kirovabad,
- 1990, January massacres in Baku,
- 1992 April massacres by the Azerbaijani army of the Maragha
Armenians.
From: A. Papazian