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    US Official News
    February 27, 2015 Friday


    Rep. Chu Commemorates Sumgait Pogroms

    Washington

    Office of the House of Representative Judy Chu, U.S Government has
    issued the following news release:

    Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) today spoke on the House Floor in remembrance of
    the Sumgait Pogroms that started in 1988. The Pogroms began in
    response to a peaceful movement towards self determination in
    Nagorno-Karabakh. Rep. Chu's comments are below:

    "Twenty-seven years ago, as the lines of the Soviet Union were fading,
    the people of Nagorno-Karabakh were united in a call for a say in
    their own futures and greater independence from Azerbaijan. This
    peaceful movement for self-determination and freedom was followed by
    premeditated and government-sponsored attacks.

    "Over the next two years, the Armenian population in the territory of
    Artsakh was repeatedly victim to brutal and racially motivated
    pogroms, darkly reminiscent of the days of the Armenian Genocide.
    Hundreds were murdered, thousands were displaced, and the Armenian
    community - both in Artsakh and in exile - continues to bear the scars
    from the brutal attacks in Sumgait, Kirovabad, and Baku.

    "When the people of Nagorno-Karabakh officially declared independence
    on December 10, 1991, they were met with full-scale war lasting until
    1994. Even today, the people of Nagorno-Karabakh are still forced to
    live under constant ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan.

    "As we commemorate the somber anniversary marking the struggle of the
    Nagorno-Karabakh people, we wish for the peaceful resolution of this
    conflict and hope that its citizens will be free to determine their
    own future."

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