AAWANY(AZERBAIJANI-AMERICAN WOMEN ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK) is organizing 22th anniversary of Khojaly Cenocide Protest in front of the Mission to the UN of Armenia in NY. Date: February 26, 2014.Time: from 10:00 A.M to 12:00 P.M The Khojaly massacre was the killing of at least one hundred and sixty one ethnic Azerbaijani civilians from the town of Khojaly on 25–26 February 1992 by the Armenian and, partially, by CIS armed forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to the Azerbaijani side, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and other international observers,the massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian 366th Motor Rifle Regiment, apparently not acting on orders from the command. The death toll provided by Azerbaijani authorities is 613 civilians, including 106 women and 83 children. The event became the largest massacre in the course of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. President of AAWANY Minavvar Vahabova
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 03:36:30 +0000
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