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'Gorbachev should be deprived of Nobel Peace Prize'
03 March 2012 [13:24] - TODAY.AZ
Member of the Azerbaijani Parliament Etibar Huseynov has appealed to
the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland,
chairman of the parliament of Norway, Dag Terje Andersen, King of
Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf and King of Norway Harold V in connection with
the deprivation of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev of Nobel Peace
Prize.
According to the MP's appeal, on January 20, 1990 by the order of the
USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev heavy military equipment was brought
into Baku without warning and a ruthless act of terrorism was carried
out against citizens who held a peaceful rally demanding independence
and democracy. Some 131 civilians were killed, 744 - wounded, 328 -
disabled, 841 -illegally arrested.
Huseynov said that Gorbachev as head of state and commander in chief
is responsible for crimes committed by Soviet troops. Gorbachev gave
order to shoot civilians on December 17-18, 1986 in the Kazakh
capital; April 9, 1989 in the Georgian capital; January 20, 1990 in
the Azerbaijani capital; January, 1990 in the Tajik capital; January
13, 1991 in the Lithuanian capital; January 20, 1991 in the Latvian
capital and committed crimes against humanity, violating thus such
universal value that is the symbol of the Nobel Prize, as
peacefulness.
"Unfortunately, neither Gorbachev nor other perpetrators of mass
murders has been prosecuted. Moreover, they didn't apologize to these
people, but instead brazenly attempted to justify their actions. Is it
possible to consider such person a public figure, leader, man, sharing
values of the Nobel Prize? Isn't this disrespectful to the memory of
the great social activist Alfred Nobel?," the appeal said.
03 March 2012 [13:24] - TODAY.AZ
Member of the Azerbaijani Parliament Etibar Huseynov has appealed to
the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland,
chairman of the parliament of Norway, Dag Terje Andersen, King of
Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf and King of Norway Harold V in connection with
the deprivation of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev of Nobel Peace
Prize.
According to the MP's appeal, on January 20, 1990 by the order of the
USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev heavy military equipment was brought
into Baku without warning and a ruthless act of terrorism was carried
out against citizens who held a peaceful rally demanding independence
and democracy. Some 131 civilians were killed, 744 - wounded, 328 -
disabled, 841 -illegally arrested.
Huseynov said that Gorbachev as head of state and commander in chief
is responsible for crimes committed by Soviet troops. Gorbachev gave
order to shoot civilians on December 17-18, 1986 in the Kazakh
capital; April 9, 1989 in the Georgian capital; January 20, 1990 in
the Azerbaijani capital; January, 1990 in the Tajik capital; January
13, 1991 in the Lithuanian capital; January 20, 1991 in the Latvian
capital and committed crimes against humanity, violating thus such
universal value that is the symbol of the Nobel Prize, as
peacefulness.
"Unfortunately, neither Gorbachev nor other perpetrators of mass
murders has been prosecuted. Moreover, they didn't apologize to these
people, but instead brazenly attempted to justify their actions. Is it
possible to consider such person a public figure, leader, man, sharing
values of the Nobel Prize? Isn't this disrespectful to the memory of
the great social activist Alfred Nobel?," the appeal said.