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  • AYF Leads Protest Challenging Azeri Aggression, Championing Artsakh'

    AYF Leads Protest Challenging Azeri Aggression, Championing Artsakh's
    Freedom - Video

    Friday, February 27th, 2015

    Armenians in Washington D.C. protest Baku's continuing aggression
    against Armenians


    WATCH: Pro-Aliyev Counter-Protesters Chant 'Ramil Safarov, Ramil Safarov'

    WASHINGTON--Members, alumni, and supporters of the Armenian Youth
    Federation (AYF) braved sub-freezing temperatures today outside the
    Azerbaijani Embassy in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 25th
    anniversary of the Baku massacres, condemn Baku's ongoing
    anti-Armenian aggression, and call for freedom and security for the
    independent Republic of Nagorno Karabakh.

    "Armenians in the Greater Washington Area -- like our sisters and
    brothers across America and around the world -- share a core commitment
    to championing Artsakh's freedom and confronting Azerbaijan's
    aggression," said AYF "Ani" Chapter Chairwoman Sevan Simonian. "We
    were proud today to stand up for our community's values - even against
    the hateful tirades of pro-Aliyev counter-protesters."

    A small group of staff and supporters of the Azerbaijani Embassy
    staged a counter-protest, repeatedly chanting the name "Ramil
    Safarov," in an apparent attempt to intimidate those gathered for the
    AYF vigil. Safarov is the admitted and unapologetic axe-murder who
    killed Armenian Lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan during a NATO
    peace-training exercise in Hungary. In 2012, after serving only a
    fraction of his sentence in Hungary, Safarov was extradited to
    Azerbaijan, where he was immediate pardoned, promoted and praised, a
    moved that was broadly condemned worldwide, including by President
    Obama.

    Following the vigil, Fr. Sarkis Aktavoukian of Soorp Khatch Armenian
    Apostolic Church led the D.C. community members in prayer in memory of
    the victims of the Baku, Sumgait, Kirovabad and Maragha massacres and
    all those who lost their lives during the Artsakh liberation movement.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSPBwqiu450
    http://asbarez.com/132233/ayf-leads-protest-challenging-azeri-aggression-championing-artsakhs-freedom/

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