A protest action will be held in front of the Armenian Embassy in Washington within the framework of the “Khojaly week” organized in the USA by the America-Azerbaijan Society and the America-Azerbaijan Council.
The “Khojaly week” will start on February 20, head of the America-Azerbaijan Council Baku office, Kamala Pashayeva stated to journalists, Trend News informs.
Conferences will be held in San-Francisco, Chicago and Huston, and a protest action will be held in front of the UNO headquarters in New-York. A document demanding to give legal estimation to the Khojaly genocide and punish the culprits will be addressed to the UNO, the US Department of State, Senate and Congress. The action participants will put out candles in memory of the genocide victims”, Pashayeva said. A photo exhibition will be arranged and a film will be presented by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation at the conferences connected with the Khojaly genocide, she stated.
Reference of Trend News: On the night of 25 to 26 February, 1992, Armenian armed units committed the genocide in Khojaly town, the population – 7 thousand. Over 4 months the town remained in the blockade, so considerable part of the population had to leave the town and only 3 thousand people remained there after the attack of the town Armenian troops. 613 people were killed, 1000 civilians of different ages were wounded and became disabled. 106 women, 63 children and 70 old people were killed, 8 families were completely wiped out, 25 children lost both parents, 130 – one of the parents. 1275 people were taken captives; the fate of 150 people is still unknown.
Azerbaijani government inquires into the question of prosecuting Armenians in the International Criminal Court (The Hague Court) connected with the Khojaly genocide, Ali Hasanov, chief to the socio-political department of the AR Presidential Administration stated to Trend News.
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