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CANADIAN ARMENIANS TO RALLY AT THE EMBASSY OF AZERBAIJAN IN OTTAWA
ARMRADIO.AM
21.03.2012 18:06
The Armenian Youth Federation of Canada (AYF) has organized a
demonstration at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Ottawa, on Friday,
March 23, 2012, at 3:00 PM. Hundreds of Armenian-Canadians from
across the country will hold a demonstration voicing their concern
over Azerbaijan's ongoing aggression towards Armenians.
The government of Azerbaijan has actively continued a policy of
hostility against Armenians; from exile and pogroms in the late
1980s, to the constant war-mongering rhetoric threatening to end
the cease-fire with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. More recently,
the planned destruction of Armenian Khachkars (cross-stones) in the
Nakhichevan region, which are now declared as items of world heritage
by UNESCO, proves to the world that Azerbaijan has been taking active
steps towards erasing the memory of Armenians from their country.
The planned demonstration will also mark the 24th anniversary of
the deadly pogroms of Sumgait, which took place February 27, 1988,
and marked the beginning of a systematic campaign by Azerbaijan's
OMON Special Forces to use massacre and violence to forcefully uproot
Armenians from Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh. The Sumgait tragedy
and its bloody repetitions in Azerbaijan, lasting through the years of
1988 to 1991, led to the disappearance of 450,000 inhabitants living
in an established Armenian community in Azerbaijan.
The Armenian-Canadian community believes that peace in the region must
be built on a solid foundation of truth and that Nagorno-Karabakh's
independence must be universally recognized. Furthermore, governments
around the world must condemn Azerbaijan for their continued display
of religious intolerance, aggression, and constant destabilization
of the Caucasus.
ARMRADIO.AM
21.03.2012 18:06
The Armenian Youth Federation of Canada (AYF) has organized a
demonstration at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Ottawa, on Friday,
March 23, 2012, at 3:00 PM. Hundreds of Armenian-Canadians from
across the country will hold a demonstration voicing their concern
over Azerbaijan's ongoing aggression towards Armenians.
The government of Azerbaijan has actively continued a policy of
hostility against Armenians; from exile and pogroms in the late
1980s, to the constant war-mongering rhetoric threatening to end
the cease-fire with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. More recently,
the planned destruction of Armenian Khachkars (cross-stones) in the
Nakhichevan region, which are now declared as items of world heritage
by UNESCO, proves to the world that Azerbaijan has been taking active
steps towards erasing the memory of Armenians from their country.
The planned demonstration will also mark the 24th anniversary of
the deadly pogroms of Sumgait, which took place February 27, 1988,
and marked the beginning of a systematic campaign by Azerbaijan's
OMON Special Forces to use massacre and violence to forcefully uproot
Armenians from Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh. The Sumgait tragedy
and its bloody repetitions in Azerbaijan, lasting through the years of
1988 to 1991, led to the disappearance of 450,000 inhabitants living
in an established Armenian community in Azerbaijan.
The Armenian-Canadian community believes that peace in the region must
be built on a solid foundation of truth and that Nagorno-Karabakh's
independence must be universally recognized. Furthermore, governments
around the world must condemn Azerbaijan for their continued display
of religious intolerance, aggression, and constant destabilization
of the Caucasus.