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Azeri-Press news agency (APA)
December 30, 2014 Tuesday
Azerbaijanis hold rally outside Armenian embassy in Georgia for Dilgam
Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliyev to be released
Head of the Diaspora organization: "We will pitch tents before the
European Court of Human Rights and go on a hunger strike there with
the same demand"
A group of Azerbaijanis on Tuesday held a rally outside the Armenian
embassy in Georgia, demanding the release of Dilgam Asgarov and
Shahbaz Guliyev, taken hostage by Armenians in Kalbajar.
Head of the Azerbaijani Diaspora Center in Bavaria (Germany) Akif
Mammadov, head of the Marhamat Social Union on Protection for Orphans
Irada Nasirova, Dilgam Asgrov's son Kurdoglu Asgarov as well as a
number of Azerbaijani students studying in Georgian universities took
part in the rally.
Holding Azerbaijani flags, portraits of Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz
Guliyev and a variety of placards in front of the embassy, protesters
chanted slogans such as "Sargsyan is a fascist!", "Liberate
Azerbaijani lands!", "Free our hostages!", "Liberate our lands!", etc.
They also regarded the judicial process conducted in NagornoKarabakh
as illegal, noting the existence of Azerbaijani hostages and captives
in Armenia. In the end, participants presented a declaration to the
Armenian embassy.
The protesters then marched toward the Marjanishvili Street, one of
the central streets in Tbilisi, chanting similar slogans. The rally
passed without incident.
Tbilisi residents as well as Azerbaijani, Armenian and Georgian
citizens condemned the illegal and inhumane actions of Armenia. One
Tbilisi resident of Armenian origin, Gulnara Mkrchtyan, burst into
tears, telling the journalists that she once lived in Baku.
"I once lived in Baku. It's with a heavy heart that I witnessed what
was happening. I'm ashamed of the actions of the Armenian politicians.
Could I say the Armenian government is right? The Azerbaijani hostages
must be freed," she said.
Dilgam Asgarov's son Kurdoghlu Asgarov told APA that he is aware of
the illegal "judgment" passed on his father.
"The judgment was passed yesterday. I don't recognize the judgment of
such a socalled "court". I am from Kalbajar, and my father went there
with his friend to visit their relatives' and parents' graves.
Armenian soldiers detained them in the Azerbaijani lands and have been
torturing them for six months," he added.
Akif Mammadov, head of the Azerbaijani Diaspora Center in Bavaria said
that he came to Georgia from Germany to take part in this rally.
"We today held a rally outside the Armenian embassy in Georgia with
consent of Tbilisi City Hall and demanded the release of Russian
citizen Dilgam Asgarov and Azerbaijani citizen Shahbaz Guliyev who
were taken hostage by Armenian soldiers. Following this, we will go to
Moscow and hold a really outside the Armenian embassy there, then we
will go to European countries, pitch tents outside the European Court
of Human Rights and go on a hunger strike there with the same demand.
We plan to hold this rally on January 15," he noted.
December 30, 2014 Tuesday
Azerbaijanis hold rally outside Armenian embassy in Georgia for Dilgam
Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliyev to be released
Head of the Diaspora organization: "We will pitch tents before the
European Court of Human Rights and go on a hunger strike there with
the same demand"
A group of Azerbaijanis on Tuesday held a rally outside the Armenian
embassy in Georgia, demanding the release of Dilgam Asgarov and
Shahbaz Guliyev, taken hostage by Armenians in Kalbajar.
Head of the Azerbaijani Diaspora Center in Bavaria (Germany) Akif
Mammadov, head of the Marhamat Social Union on Protection for Orphans
Irada Nasirova, Dilgam Asgrov's son Kurdoglu Asgarov as well as a
number of Azerbaijani students studying in Georgian universities took
part in the rally.
Holding Azerbaijani flags, portraits of Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz
Guliyev and a variety of placards in front of the embassy, protesters
chanted slogans such as "Sargsyan is a fascist!", "Liberate
Azerbaijani lands!", "Free our hostages!", "Liberate our lands!", etc.
They also regarded the judicial process conducted in NagornoKarabakh
as illegal, noting the existence of Azerbaijani hostages and captives
in Armenia. In the end, participants presented a declaration to the
Armenian embassy.
The protesters then marched toward the Marjanishvili Street, one of
the central streets in Tbilisi, chanting similar slogans. The rally
passed without incident.
Tbilisi residents as well as Azerbaijani, Armenian and Georgian
citizens condemned the illegal and inhumane actions of Armenia. One
Tbilisi resident of Armenian origin, Gulnara Mkrchtyan, burst into
tears, telling the journalists that she once lived in Baku.
"I once lived in Baku. It's with a heavy heart that I witnessed what
was happening. I'm ashamed of the actions of the Armenian politicians.
Could I say the Armenian government is right? The Azerbaijani hostages
must be freed," she said.
Dilgam Asgarov's son Kurdoghlu Asgarov told APA that he is aware of
the illegal "judgment" passed on his father.
"The judgment was passed yesterday. I don't recognize the judgment of
such a socalled "court". I am from Kalbajar, and my father went there
with his friend to visit their relatives' and parents' graves.
Armenian soldiers detained them in the Azerbaijani lands and have been
torturing them for six months," he added.
Akif Mammadov, head of the Azerbaijani Diaspora Center in Bavaria said
that he came to Georgia from Germany to take part in this rally.
"We today held a rally outside the Armenian embassy in Georgia with
consent of Tbilisi City Hall and demanded the release of Russian
citizen Dilgam Asgarov and Azerbaijani citizen Shahbaz Guliyev who
were taken hostage by Armenian soldiers. Following this, we will go to
Moscow and hold a really outside the Armenian embassy there, then we
will go to European countries, pitch tents outside the European Court
of Human Rights and go on a hunger strike there with the same demand.
We plan to hold this rally on January 15," he noted.