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UCI Armenian Students Association in Irvine prevented dissemination of
Azerbaijani disinformation
http://www.panorama.am/en/popular/2014/03/01/arm-azer-california/
15:43 01/03/2014 >> SOCIETY
The Azeri Consul attempted to present a distorted view of history
during a presentation at University of California, Irvine. As
"Asbarez.com" reports the event was hosted by the pro-Azeri Council on
International Affairs as part of Azerbaijan's ongoing revisionist
propaganda in the West.
According to the information, 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 ruling regime.
"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 article reads.
It also reads that the Consul and organizers remained hiding in
another room while campus Police blocked off the corridor.
On February 26, 1992, during the war in Karabakh, around 200 to 300
people (according to Human Rights Watch, and 600 according to the
version propagated by Azerbaijan) were killed in unknown circumstances
near the city of Aghdam. They have been deliberately withheld by the
Azerbaijani authorities in the midst of the military actions.
Population of the village of Khojalu, which was one of the firing
points shooting at the blockaded Stepanakert (among five others) was
kept in the village for months by force and was not evacuated by the
authorities of Azerbaijan deliberately, in order to use them as human
shields later.
Residents of Khojalu coming out through the humanitarian corridor,
that the self-defense forces of NKR had left open, freely passed more
than 10 km and reached the Aghdam city controlled by the Azerbaijani
troops. Later, not far from the positions of Azerbaijani troops dead
bodies of the villagers were found. The exact death toll remains
unknown as the official Baku publishes data contradicting each other.
Parliamentary Commission investigating the tragic death of the
civilians at Aghdam city was dissolved by the order of Heydar Aliyev,
the investigative materials are kept secret.
Documentary: Between hunger and fire: Power at the expenses of lives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxc7jdIasQg
Azerbaijani disinformation
http://www.panorama.am/en/popular/2014/03/01/arm-azer-california/
15:43 01/03/2014 >> SOCIETY
The Azeri Consul attempted to present a distorted view of history
during a presentation at University of California, Irvine. As
"Asbarez.com" reports the event was hosted by the pro-Azeri Council on
International Affairs as part of Azerbaijan's ongoing revisionist
propaganda in the West.
According to the information, 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 ruling regime.
"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 article reads.
It also reads that the Consul and organizers remained hiding in
another room while campus Police blocked off the corridor.
On February 26, 1992, during the war in Karabakh, around 200 to 300
people (according to Human Rights Watch, and 600 according to the
version propagated by Azerbaijan) were killed in unknown circumstances
near the city of Aghdam. They have been deliberately withheld by the
Azerbaijani authorities in the midst of the military actions.
Population of the village of Khojalu, which was one of the firing
points shooting at the blockaded Stepanakert (among five others) was
kept in the village for months by force and was not evacuated by the
authorities of Azerbaijan deliberately, in order to use them as human
shields later.
Residents of Khojalu coming out through the humanitarian corridor,
that the self-defense forces of NKR had left open, freely passed more
than 10 km and reached the Aghdam city controlled by the Azerbaijani
troops. Later, not far from the positions of Azerbaijani troops dead
bodies of the villagers were found. The exact death toll remains
unknown as the official Baku publishes data contradicting each other.
Parliamentary Commission investigating the tragic death of the
civilians at Aghdam city was dissolved by the order of Heydar Aliyev,
the investigative materials are kept secret.
Documentary: Between hunger and fire: Power at the expenses of lives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxc7jdIasQg