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NKR MFA: MARAGHA MASSACRE SHOULD BE CONDEMNED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
22 years ago, on 10 April, the village of Maragha located in the
Martakert region of Nagorno Karabakh was attacked by the Azerbaijani
forces. The Maragha Massacre was the mass murder of ethnic Armenian
civilians. Up to now the Azerbaijani government has not received
deserved punishment by the international community.
"One of the most tragic episodes of Azerbaijan's military aggression
against the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was the massacre of the
population of the village of Maragha in Martakert region, NKR. On
April 10, 1992, after intensive artillery shelling the Azerbaijani
armed units invaded the peaceful village and committed a ruthless
reprisal over defenseless people," the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs
said in comments to Artsakhpress agency.
"The attack on the village was not driven by military necessity but
aimed to annihilate its peaceful population. According to various
sources, including those of such human rights organizations as the
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, from 53 to 100 people
were killed, more than 60 people including 9 children and 29 women
were taken hostages. More than 30 hostages were subsequently killed
in Azerbaijani captivity. Two weeks later, the village was subjected
to a renewed attack and its inhabitants who returned to bury their
relatives yet again fell victim to the atrocities committed by the
Azerbaijani army," the Ministry said.
"This hideous crime in Maragha became the next in the chain of the
anti-Armenian pogroms and deportations in Northern Artsakh, as well
as Sumgait, Baku, Kirovobad and other settlements of Azerbaijan,"
the statement reads.
The Foreign Ministery noted that "the lack of the adequate political
and legal assessment of the international community of the massacres
and ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population in Azerbaijan and
the impunity of the perpetrators of the crime paved a way for the
cult of zealous hatred towards Armenians and anything Armenian and
uncurbed propaganda of xenophobia, intolerance and militarism in
today's Azerbaijan."
"To prevent the recurrence of similar tragedies in the future,
the massacre in Maragha and other manifestations of armenophobia
should be condemned by the international community and its organizers
and perpetrators should receive deserved punishment," the Ministry
concluded.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/04/10/nkr-mfa-maragha-massacre-should-be-condemned-by-the-international-community/
22 years ago, on 10 April, the village of Maragha located in the
Martakert region of Nagorno Karabakh was attacked by the Azerbaijani
forces. The Maragha Massacre was the mass murder of ethnic Armenian
civilians. Up to now the Azerbaijani government has not received
deserved punishment by the international community.
"One of the most tragic episodes of Azerbaijan's military aggression
against the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was the massacre of the
population of the village of Maragha in Martakert region, NKR. On
April 10, 1992, after intensive artillery shelling the Azerbaijani
armed units invaded the peaceful village and committed a ruthless
reprisal over defenseless people," the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs
said in comments to Artsakhpress agency.
"The attack on the village was not driven by military necessity but
aimed to annihilate its peaceful population. According to various
sources, including those of such human rights organizations as the
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, from 53 to 100 people
were killed, more than 60 people including 9 children and 29 women
were taken hostages. More than 30 hostages were subsequently killed
in Azerbaijani captivity. Two weeks later, the village was subjected
to a renewed attack and its inhabitants who returned to bury their
relatives yet again fell victim to the atrocities committed by the
Azerbaijani army," the Ministry said.
"This hideous crime in Maragha became the next in the chain of the
anti-Armenian pogroms and deportations in Northern Artsakh, as well
as Sumgait, Baku, Kirovobad and other settlements of Azerbaijan,"
the statement reads.
The Foreign Ministery noted that "the lack of the adequate political
and legal assessment of the international community of the massacres
and ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population in Azerbaijan and
the impunity of the perpetrators of the crime paved a way for the
cult of zealous hatred towards Armenians and anything Armenian and
uncurbed propaganda of xenophobia, intolerance and militarism in
today's Azerbaijan."
"To prevent the recurrence of similar tragedies in the future,
the massacre in Maragha and other manifestations of armenophobia
should be condemned by the international community and its organizers
and perpetrators should receive deserved punishment," the Ministry
concluded.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/04/10/nkr-mfa-maragha-massacre-should-be-condemned-by-the-international-community/