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    AZAD LETTER SUPPORTS THE REMOVAL OF HEYDAR ALIYEV STATUE FROM MEXICO CITY

    http://azerireport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3787&Ite mid=53

    WASHINGTON. November 28, 2012. Azerbaijani-Americans for Democracy
    (AZAD) has sent a new letter on November 27 to the government of
    Mexico City, supporting the decision of the committee of Mexican
    intellectuals that the giant broze statue of the Azerbaijani dictator
    Heydar Aliyev be removed from the city's public park.

    In his letter, AZAD's chairman Elmar Chakhtakhtinski says that he was
    "dismayed" by the Azerbaijani government's response to the Mexico
    City committee's removal recommendation. The Azerbaijani authorities
    publicly threatened Mexico with closing down the Azerbaijani embassy
    there and canceling oil industry investments. The letter calls these
    threats "bullying tactics" and expresses hope that the Mexican side
    will not allow the Azerbaijani regime to dictate the residents of
    Mexico City what they can do in their own parks.

    The letter identifies Heydar Aliyev an "enemy of democracy" responsible
    for human rights violations and says those who value freedom will
    appreciate "a speedy removal of this statue from your beautiful city".

    This is the second letter from AZAD to the Mexico City officials. The
    first letter was sent on October 3rd.

    Below is the full text of the letter: Dear Head of Government Ebrard,
    Dear Secretary Leal, Dear Members of the Government of Mexico City,
    On behalf of my organization and all like-minded people, I would like
    to applaud the principled and honorable decision of the committee
    formed by the Mexico City government, recommending the removal of
    the Azerbaijani dictator Heydar Aliyev's statue from your city's park.

    I am dismayed that the Azerbaijani government responded to your
    committee's decision by publicly trying to threaten Mexico with taking
    back the money spent on park renovations, closing down Azerbaijani
    embassy and canceling oil industry investments.

    Fortunately, the sympathy and goodwill of the world's free people is
    much stronger, both morally and materially, than the power and money
    of all the corrupt dictatorships combined.

    I am confident that the government of Mexico City will not be
    intimidated by such bullying tactics of the Azerbaijani authorities,
    and the proud residents of your city will not allow a foreign regime
    to dictate whose monuments they should keep in their parks.

    As I mentioned in my previous letter, Heydar Aliyev was not a noble
    man that deserves to be honored in public parks and squares. He was an
    enemy of democracy and responsible for rampant corruption and severe
    violations of human rights and freedoms of the Azerbaijani people.

    As someone who grew up in Azerbaijan and also was lucky to learn
    about Mexico and its people first-hand, I humbly suggest that the
    good people in both Mexico and Azerbaijan, who value liberties and
    rights of fellow human beings, would appreciate a speedy removal of
    this statue from your beautiful city.

    Sincerely, Elmar Chakhtakhtinski Chairman Azerbaijani-Americans for
    Democracy (AZAD)

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