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    Artsakh Remembers Sumgait Pogroms, 1,200 ARF Members Join Commemoration

    By Weekly Staff on February 28, 2015
    http://armenianweekly.com/2015/02/28/sumgait-2/


    STEPANAKERT (A.W.)--Around 1,200 members of the Armenian Revolutionary
    Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) joined high-level officials and
    citizens in Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh) on Feb. 27 to commemorate the
    27th anniversary of the Sumgait anti-Armenian pogroms, which took
    place in 1988.

    More than 1,000 ARF-D members traveled from Armenia to Artsakh to
    participate in the commemoration events, carrying a message of
    solidarity.

    Artsakh President Bako Sahagyan, Speaker of the National Assembly
    Ashot Ghulyan, high-level officials, and clergy--including Primate of
    the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev
    Martirosyan--visited the Sumgait Memorial site in Stepanakert, where
    they laid flowers. ARF-D Bureau Chairman Hrant Markarian led the
    visiting party members in the commemoration events, reported
    YerkirMedia.

    The 1988 anti-Armenian Sumgait pogroms are commemorated in Artsakh,
    with the participation of around 1,200 ARF-D members. (Photo:
    Aparaj.am)

    Sahagyan met with the ARF-D representatives and a delegation of
    Artsakh War veterans from Armenia, as well as members of Armenia's
    National Assembly.

    ARF-D Bureau Chairman Hrant Markarian joined President Bako Sahagyan
    and other high-level officials in the commemoration ceremonies.
    (Photo: Aparaj.am)

    Speaking with the Armenian Weekly on Feb. 25, ARF-D Bureau member Giro
    Manoyan said the purpose of the visit was to express support for
    Artsakh. "The visits to the military units and outposts are aimed at
    bringing attention to the constant ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan
    and expressing support to our soldiers who are defending the borders
    and the line of contact. The meetings with the Republic of Artsakh
    leadership are also to express support to Artsakh," said Manoyan.

    2014 was the bloodiest year in the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict since the
    1990's, with 39 Azerbaijanis and 33 Armenians killed. By comparison,
    the previous worst year on record, 2012, saw 14 Armenian and 20
    Azerbaijani soldiers killed.

    This year marks the 27th anniversary of the deadly pogroms of Sumgait,
    which took place on Feb. 27, 1988. The pogroms are considered the
    beginning of a systematic campaign by Azerbaijan's OMON Special Forces
    to use mass violence to uproot Armenians from Azerbaijan and Karabagh.
    The Sumgait tragedy and its violent repetitions throughout the country
    between 1988-91 led to the disappearance of 450,000 Armenians living
    in the long-established Armenian community of Azerbaijan.


    http://armenianweekly.com/2015/02/28/sumgait-2/

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