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BAKUR KARAPETYAN: IT IS STRANGE THAT AZERBAIJANI PROSECUTOR CAN BE AFRAID OF ARMENIAN JOURNALIST
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28, ARMENPRESS: It is not possible to determine the
number of the victims of Sumgait and Baku massacres, but witnesses
tell about heaps of bodies in morgues.
Chairman of "Shushi" charitable foundation Bakur Karapetyan said today
at a meeting with journalists that in 1988, when Artsakh experienced
awakening, he left for Stepanakert to screen the running events. "By
returning I listened about Sumgait and Baku massacres. I was very
surprised hearing that nothing was written and screened about what
happened. So I left for Artsakh at the end of March," Mr. Karapetyan
said.
"Sumgait people avoided being frank with me, afraid of the regular
steps of authorities. I had an amateur camera, by which I screened,"
Mr. Karapetyan said, noting that the camera fixed ruined apartments,
injured people with horrified faces.
The chairman of the fund said that he strived to speak to foreigners
as much as possible in order to prepare a more trustworthy film for
foreigners. It is interesting that when the latter tried to talk to
Azerbaijani prosecutors, they avoided him by every way. "It is strange
that the Azerbaijani prosecutor can be afraid of Armenian journalist,"
Mr. Karapetyan said.
The film which lasts 54 minutes and is called "Sumgait Waves" is in
the Russian language.
The central committee, afraid of consequences, prohibited the
screening of the film. But the film was shown at the US Congress. The
Azerbaijani, knowing that the film was screened by an Armenian
journalist, immediately put forth a hypothesis as if Armenians
deliberately prepared those activities and screened. Mr. Karapetyan
immediately responded, saying that he started the screenings 20-25
days after the event.
We did not manage to follow in the tracks of Baku massacres, as
precautionary measures were already undertaken there, the "victims"
of which became the Italians, who implemented screenings in Baku,
and whom the Azerbaijani confused with Armenians.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28, ARMENPRESS: It is not possible to determine the
number of the victims of Sumgait and Baku massacres, but witnesses
tell about heaps of bodies in morgues.
Chairman of "Shushi" charitable foundation Bakur Karapetyan said today
at a meeting with journalists that in 1988, when Artsakh experienced
awakening, he left for Stepanakert to screen the running events. "By
returning I listened about Sumgait and Baku massacres. I was very
surprised hearing that nothing was written and screened about what
happened. So I left for Artsakh at the end of March," Mr. Karapetyan
said.
"Sumgait people avoided being frank with me, afraid of the regular
steps of authorities. I had an amateur camera, by which I screened,"
Mr. Karapetyan said, noting that the camera fixed ruined apartments,
injured people with horrified faces.
The chairman of the fund said that he strived to speak to foreigners
as much as possible in order to prepare a more trustworthy film for
foreigners. It is interesting that when the latter tried to talk to
Azerbaijani prosecutors, they avoided him by every way. "It is strange
that the Azerbaijani prosecutor can be afraid of Armenian journalist,"
Mr. Karapetyan said.
The film which lasts 54 minutes and is called "Sumgait Waves" is in
the Russian language.
The central committee, afraid of consequences, prohibited the
screening of the film. But the film was shown at the US Congress. The
Azerbaijani, knowing that the film was screened by an Armenian
journalist, immediately put forth a hypothesis as if Armenians
deliberately prepared those activities and screened. Mr. Karapetyan
immediately responded, saying that he started the screenings 20-25
days after the event.
We did not manage to follow in the tracks of Baku massacres, as
precautionary measures were already undertaken there, the "victims"
of which became the Italians, who implemented screenings in Baku,
and whom the Azerbaijani confused with Armenians.
From: A. Papazian