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Series of events where held in Greece, Brussels, Washington and
Bulgaria dedicated to 25th anniversary of the Artsakh Movement
15:38 01/03/2013 » SOCIETY
Series of events where held in Greece, Brussels, Washington and
Bulgaria dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Artsakh Movement and
memory of Sumgait massacre victims.
By the initiative of Armenian Embassy in Greece and the Armenian
communities of Greece on February 27 in Nea Zmirni district of Athens
at the memorial of Armenian Genocide `Zangak' (Tinkler) an event was
held dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Artsakh Movement and in
memory of victims of Sumgait massacres.
RA Ambassador to Greece Gagik Ghalchayan and Chairman of Hay Dat
commission in Greece Davit Petrosyan made speeches in front of the
attendees.
Another action was held on Wednesday in Brussels in front of the
embassy of Azerbaijan connected with the 25th anniversary of Sumgait
pogroms. Protest action was organized by the Armenian Student's
association in Belgium and committee of `Hay Dat' of Belgium.
In `Yerevan Park' of Sofia at the Armenian cross stone ceremony of
laying wreath in memory of the innocent victims of Sumgait was held.
Armenians of Washington too held a protest on the eve of the 25th
anniversary of the Sumgait massacre, chanting "We always remember
Sumgait," and "Justice for Gurgen Markarian». The action organized by
the Armenian Youth Organization of Washington "Ani" and the Armenian
Church Youth Organization of America (ACYOA), was held at the
Azerbaijani embassy in the U.S.
On 26-29 February 1988 in terms of actual complicity of local
authorities and inaction of the USSR government mass pogroms of
civilians were organized in Sumgait city of Azerbaijani SSR,
accompanied with unprecedented brutal murders, violence and pillaging
against the Armenian population of the city. Armenian pogroms in
Sumgait were carefully organized. At the meetings, which began on
February 26 in the central square, city leaders openly called for
violence against the Armenians.
On February 27 protests which were attended by hundreds of rioters
turned into violence. Armed with axes, knives, specially sharpened
rebar, rocks and cans of gasoline and with the pre-compiled lists of
apartments where Armenians lived the rioters broke into the houses,
turning everything upside down there and killing the owners. In the
same time, people were often taken out to the streets or to the
courtyard for jeering at them publicly. After painful humiliations and
torture the victims were doused with gasoline and burnt alive.
On February 29 army troops entered Sumgait but without an order to
intervene. Only in the evening, when the mad crowd began to attack the
soldiers the military units took up decisive steps.
The exact number of victims of Sumgait pogroms is still unknown.
According to official data, 32 people were killed; however there is
ample evidence that several hundred Armenians have been killed in the
city in three days. There is also evidence that the riots were
coordinated by KGB in Azerbaijan. Executioners of Sumgait were
subsequently declared as national heroes of Azerbaijan.
Source: Panorama.am
Bulgaria dedicated to 25th anniversary of the Artsakh Movement
15:38 01/03/2013 » SOCIETY
Series of events where held in Greece, Brussels, Washington and
Bulgaria dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Artsakh Movement and
memory of Sumgait massacre victims.
By the initiative of Armenian Embassy in Greece and the Armenian
communities of Greece on February 27 in Nea Zmirni district of Athens
at the memorial of Armenian Genocide `Zangak' (Tinkler) an event was
held dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Artsakh Movement and in
memory of victims of Sumgait massacres.
RA Ambassador to Greece Gagik Ghalchayan and Chairman of Hay Dat
commission in Greece Davit Petrosyan made speeches in front of the
attendees.
Another action was held on Wednesday in Brussels in front of the
embassy of Azerbaijan connected with the 25th anniversary of Sumgait
pogroms. Protest action was organized by the Armenian Student's
association in Belgium and committee of `Hay Dat' of Belgium.
In `Yerevan Park' of Sofia at the Armenian cross stone ceremony of
laying wreath in memory of the innocent victims of Sumgait was held.
Armenians of Washington too held a protest on the eve of the 25th
anniversary of the Sumgait massacre, chanting "We always remember
Sumgait," and "Justice for Gurgen Markarian». The action organized by
the Armenian Youth Organization of Washington "Ani" and the Armenian
Church Youth Organization of America (ACYOA), was held at the
Azerbaijani embassy in the U.S.
On 26-29 February 1988 in terms of actual complicity of local
authorities and inaction of the USSR government mass pogroms of
civilians were organized in Sumgait city of Azerbaijani SSR,
accompanied with unprecedented brutal murders, violence and pillaging
against the Armenian population of the city. Armenian pogroms in
Sumgait were carefully organized. At the meetings, which began on
February 26 in the central square, city leaders openly called for
violence against the Armenians.
On February 27 protests which were attended by hundreds of rioters
turned into violence. Armed with axes, knives, specially sharpened
rebar, rocks and cans of gasoline and with the pre-compiled lists of
apartments where Armenians lived the rioters broke into the houses,
turning everything upside down there and killing the owners. In the
same time, people were often taken out to the streets or to the
courtyard for jeering at them publicly. After painful humiliations and
torture the victims were doused with gasoline and burnt alive.
On February 29 army troops entered Sumgait but without an order to
intervene. Only in the evening, when the mad crowd began to attack the
soldiers the military units took up decisive steps.
The exact number of victims of Sumgait pogroms is still unknown.
According to official data, 32 people were killed; however there is
ample evidence that several hundred Armenians have been killed in the
city in three days. There is also evidence that the riots were
coordinated by KGB in Azerbaijan. Executioners of Sumgait were
subsequently declared as national heroes of Azerbaijan.
Source: Panorama.am