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UC IRVINE STUDENTS COUNTER DISINFORMATION AT AZERI LECTURE
http://asbarez.com/120123/uc-irvine-students-counter-disinformation-at-azeri-lecture/
Friday, February 28th, 2014
The Azeri Consul lecturing at UC Irvine
IRVINE, Calif.--The Azeri Consul attempted to present a distorted view
of history during a presentation at University of California, Irvine,
hosted by the pro-Azeri Council on International Affairs as part of
Azerbaijan's ongoing revisionist propaganda in the West. At least
two thirds of the audience in the small hall was Armenian, primarily
students and community members, who made sure the truth was known.
UCI Armenian Students Association passed out pamphlets to attendees
describing the real Azerbaijan, including their policies of jailing
journalists, rewarding murderers such as Safarov, massacring Armenians
in Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad, and the ongoing human rights violations of
the Aliyev regime against its own people. After the Consul's skewed
presentation where, among other things, he stated that Armenians
massacred Azeris and that the historic Armenian church in Gandzasar
was Albanian, the moderator opened the floor for questions.
A preplanned pro-Azeri group asked prewritten pro-Azeri questions
with canned responses by the Consulate. Finally, Armenian students
had a chance and clarified the record, exposed the truth and asked
about Azerbaijan's organized massacres of Armenians in Sumgait, Baku
and Kirovabad. The Azeri Consul avoided the questions and abruptly
ended the Q and A session short. The organizers then asked everyone
to leave. The Consul and organizers remained in hiding in another
room while campus Police blocked off the corridor.
From: A. Papazian
http://asbarez.com/120123/uc-irvine-students-counter-disinformation-at-azeri-lecture/
Friday, February 28th, 2014
The Azeri Consul lecturing at UC Irvine
IRVINE, Calif.--The Azeri Consul attempted to present a distorted view
of history during a presentation at University of California, Irvine,
hosted by the pro-Azeri Council on International Affairs as part of
Azerbaijan's ongoing revisionist propaganda in the West. At least
two thirds of the audience in the small hall was Armenian, primarily
students and community members, who made sure the truth was known.
UCI Armenian Students Association passed out pamphlets to attendees
describing the real Azerbaijan, including their policies of jailing
journalists, rewarding murderers such as Safarov, massacring Armenians
in Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad, and the ongoing human rights violations of
the Aliyev regime against its own people. After the Consul's skewed
presentation where, among other things, he stated that Armenians
massacred Azeris and that the historic Armenian church in Gandzasar
was Albanian, the moderator opened the floor for questions.
A preplanned pro-Azeri group asked prewritten pro-Azeri questions
with canned responses by the Consulate. Finally, Armenian students
had a chance and clarified the record, exposed the truth and asked
about Azerbaijan's organized massacres of Armenians in Sumgait, Baku
and Kirovabad. The Azeri Consul avoided the questions and abruptly
ended the Q and A session short. The organizers then asked everyone
to leave. The Consul and organizers remained in hiding in another
room while campus Police blocked off the corridor.
From: A. Papazian