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NEW MISINFORMATION FROM AZERBAIJAN: ARIZONA SENATE DIDN'T RECOGNISE EVENTS IN AGHDAM IN 1992 AS 'GENOCIDE'
17:13 27/02/2015 >> POLITICS
Azerbaijani media are once again spreading disinformation about
Legislative assembly in Arizona Senate (US) passing a resolution which
"recognizes the events in Khojaly as genocide" thus attempting to
create an illusion of "victory of Azerbaijani diplomacy".
Yet, watching the video from the senate hearing, it becomes evident
that Senator Don Shooter's statement, read in a half-empty hall,
called on "to honour the memory of the victims of the tragic events."
As it was expected, the text read lacked the word 'genocide'.
Moreover, it's noteworthy that it was only a proclamation, yet the
Azerbaijani propaganda is trying to present it as a Senate resolution.
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.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2015/02/27/arizona-senate/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOvn95IjZpk
17:13 27/02/2015 >> POLITICS
Azerbaijani media are once again spreading disinformation about
Legislative assembly in Arizona Senate (US) passing a resolution which
"recognizes the events in Khojaly as genocide" thus attempting to
create an illusion of "victory of Azerbaijani diplomacy".
Yet, watching the video from the senate hearing, it becomes evident
that Senator Don Shooter's statement, read in a half-empty hall,
called on "to honour the memory of the victims of the tragic events."
As it was expected, the text read lacked the word 'genocide'.
Moreover, it's noteworthy that it was only a proclamation, yet the
Azerbaijani propaganda is trying to present it as a Senate resolution.
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.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2015/02/27/arizona-senate/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOvn95IjZpk