Victims of Khojaly massacre commemorated in Switzerland 2014 The victims of Khojaly massacre have been commemorated in Switzerland. The events was organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Swiss Confederation and Principality of Liechtenstein and Switzerland-based Azerbaijani Culture Center as part of the Justice for Khojaly campaign, initiated by Leyla Aliyeva, General Coordinator for Intercultural Dialogue of the Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation (ICYF-DC). The event was held with the support of Azerbaijan’s Diplomatic Mission to Switzerland to inform the world community about the true facts of Khojaly genocide. An unprecedented massacre of hundreds of defenseless inhabitants of the small town of Khojaly in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan became one of the most heinous crimes against the Azerbaijani people. On the night of February 25, 1992, the Armenian armed forces with the help of Russian troops carried out the seizure of Khojaly and razed the town to the ground. Following the occupation of Khojaly, a total of 613 innocent Azerbaijanis were massacred by invaders, which also annihilated whole families, captured 1,275 people, left 1,000 civilians maimed or crippled, with another 150 reported missing.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 07:55:44 +0000
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