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    ARMENIANS MARK 23 ANNIVERSARY OF SUMGAIT POGROMS IN AZERBAIJAN

    news.am
    Feb 28 2011
    Armenia

    Today Armenians all over the world mark the 23th anniversary of the
    Sumgait pogroms in Soviet Azerbaijan. Mass violence, plunder and
    killings of the Armenian population took place starting from February
    27, 1988. According to official information, 26 Armenians were killed
    (according to unofficial data - 53) another 100 were seriously injured
    in the city of Sumgait.

    The February 29 session of Soviet Politburo officially recognized
    mass pogroms and killings in Sumgait were of ethnic character and
    were conducted against peaceful Armenian population.

    Pogroms were a response to the decision of the Regional Council of
    deputies of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, who appealed to
    the leadership of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the USSR requesting to
    withdraw the Autonomous Oblast from Azerbaijan SSR and transfer to
    the Armenian SSR.

    As a result of three-day long pogroms dozens were killed, many of them
    - burned alive after beatings and torture, hundreds were wounded. Many
    women, including under-age girls, were, raped.




    From: A. Papazian
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