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  • Armenian Youth Calls On World Community To Condemn Pogroms In Baku

    ARMENIAN YOUTH CALLS ON WORLD COMMUNITY TO CONDEMN POGROMS IN BAKU

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    19.01.2010 14:37 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ On the anniversary of Armenian pogroms in Baku,
    Armenian youth has become united, calling on youth and student
    organizations to recognize and condemn the crimes against humanity
    committed in Azerbaijan. To that end, they have undersigned an appeal
    addressed to international organizations, parliaments and UN member
    states' governments, as well as to public and political organizations.

    The young activists call for reinstating the rights of about
    1.5 million Armenians and tens and thousand representatives of
    other ethnic groups deported from Azerbaijan. They also urge world
    community to respect NKR people's right to free and secure existence
    and democratic development.

    Students and youth organization representatives have organized a
    march to Tsitsernakaberd Genocide memorial.

    On January 13, 1990, Azerbaijani authorities instigated the Armenian
    pogroms in Baku. Some 400 Armenians were killed and 200 thousand
    were exiled in the period of January 13-19, 1990. The exact number
    of those killed was never determined, as no investigation was carried
    out into the crimes.

    On January 13, a crowd numbering 50 thousand people divided into
    groups and started "cleaning" the city of Armenians. On January 17,
    the European Parliament called on EU Council of Foreign Ministers
    and European Council to protect Armenians and render assistance to
    Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. On January 18, a group of U.S. Senators
    sent a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev to express concerns over the
    violence against the Armenian population in Azerbaijan and called
    for unification of Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia.
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