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POGROMS OF ARMENIANS IN SUMGAIT IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 29, ARMENPRESS: Sumgait pogroms have remained in
past but Turkey and Azerbaijan continues such like policy till now,
co-author of the "Common Genocide: Sumgait, February 1988" film Marina
Grigoryan told the reporters today.
MP, another co-author of the film Larisa Alaverdyan said it is
necessary to give appropriate assessment to what happened in Sumgait
and present the legal consequences of it to the international
community. Alaverdyan noted that she is not going to reject her
statement put into circulation in the NA on recognizing all the
activities of Azerbaijan as genocide and subject that country to
responsibility. "Sumgait is a crime not only against Azerbaijani
Armenians or all Armenians, it is a crime against the whole humanity,"
the MP said. She said one cannot keep silence and wait till the truth
appears. Moreover, the false information spreads more rapidly.
Marina Grigoryan rated high Diaspora's participation in the solution
of the issue. The potential of the Diaspora must also be used in
confronting the challenges.
Grigoryan offered to apply to the European Court of Human Rights on
behalf of the victims of Sumgait.
Within the framework of "Common Genocide" project starting from
November 2009 already four documentary films have been presented. Soon
another film will be presented about the forcible displacement of 27
Armenian-populated villages of Artsakh.
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 29, ARMENPRESS: Sumgait pogroms have remained in
past but Turkey and Azerbaijan continues such like policy till now,
co-author of the "Common Genocide: Sumgait, February 1988" film Marina
Grigoryan told the reporters today.
MP, another co-author of the film Larisa Alaverdyan said it is
necessary to give appropriate assessment to what happened in Sumgait
and present the legal consequences of it to the international
community. Alaverdyan noted that she is not going to reject her
statement put into circulation in the NA on recognizing all the
activities of Azerbaijan as genocide and subject that country to
responsibility. "Sumgait is a crime not only against Azerbaijani
Armenians or all Armenians, it is a crime against the whole humanity,"
the MP said. She said one cannot keep silence and wait till the truth
appears. Moreover, the false information spreads more rapidly.
Marina Grigoryan rated high Diaspora's participation in the solution
of the issue. The potential of the Diaspora must also be used in
confronting the challenges.
Grigoryan offered to apply to the European Court of Human Rights on
behalf of the victims of Sumgait.
Within the framework of "Common Genocide" project starting from
November 2009 already four documentary films have been presented. Soon
another film will be presented about the forcible displacement of 27
Armenian-populated villages of Artsakh.