Texas House of Representatives commemorates Khojaly massacre

The House of Representatives of the State of Texas has passed a resolution commemorating the Khojaly massacre.

As a result of the annual action campaigns by the US Azeris Network (USAN), the Texas House of Representatives passed the resolution recognizing and commemorating victims of the Khojaly massacre
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Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Khojaly No Comments » June 2011

The Khojaly Massacre and the ‘Armenian Genocide’

Have you ever, dear readers, heard of the Khojaly massacre of February 25-26, 1992? Or do you have any idea where on earth Khojaly might be?

Khojaly was a small village with a population of approximately 2,000 people in Nagorno-Karabakh, the disputed enclave between Azerbaijan and Armenia. After the immigration wave at the start of 1990, nevertheless, its population increased to almost 6,000. First came the Meskhetian Turks who were deported during the World War II to Central Asia by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, and then Azeri families which were sent packing from Hankendi (Stepanakert) by the Armenians. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Khojaly, Turkish Press No Comments » April 2011

Khojaly genocide – the tragedy of the 20th century

Armenian military forces committed genocide acts in the town of Khojaly, Azerbaijan, with the population of 7,000 people on Feb. 26 1992. There were 3,000 people in the town at the time of Armenian military forces’ attack. Most part of the population had to leave town during four months blockade. 613 people were killed, 1,000 peaceful people of different age became invalid during Khojaly genocide. 106 women, 63 children, 70 old men were killed. 8 families were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parents, while 25 both of them. 1,275 peace residents were taken hostages, while the fate of 150 of them is still unknown.

These were committed by Armenian military with special mercilessness and inconceivable barbarism. 2nd battalion of 366th regiment under the command of Major Oganyan Seyran Mushegovich, third battalion under the command of Yevgeniy Nabokhin, staff chief of 1st battalion Chitchyan Valeriy and more than 50 officers and ensigns, serving in regiment took part in the attack. (“From the investigation materials concerning Khojaly occupation”). Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Khojaly No Comments » February 2010

Iranian parliamentarian condemns Armenia for Khojaly massacre

A group of Iranian parliamentarians would visit Azerbaijani embassy on February 25 to express condolences to Azerbaijan and to condemn Armenians.

“The people faced with massacre in Khojaly were our Muslim brothers and sisters”, member of the Iranian parliament from Ardabil and head of the Azerbaijani-Iranian inter-parliamentary friendship group Seyid Kazim Musavi said.

The parliamentarian said they condemned Armenia for Khojaly massacre and called it an aggressor. He said those, who killed children, old people, were enemy and murderer of the humanity. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Khojaly No Comments » February 2010

Khojaly Massacre: Crime and No Punishment

CANADA

Date: March 2, 2009 7:00 PM
Subject: Khojaly Massacre: Crime and No Punishment
Place: National Library and Archives Canada Auditorium 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa
Information: The Azerbaijani Community of Ottawa & Embassy of Republic of Azerbaijan
Contact: AzeriCanadians@gmail.com
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Posted by admin Posted in: Events, Khojaly No Comments » February 2009

Ethnic War in the Caucasus Finds New Depths of Carnage

By Francis X.Clines, New York Times, March 8 1992

As Hadjayev Hakhverdy washes the corpses of gunshot children and mutiliated adults here at the valley mosque, all the despair and defeat of Azerbaijan seems at hand in his ministrations after four years of undeclared war with Armenia over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

“I have cleaned 200 since Feb. 26,” said the mosque worker, aghast as he wrapped for burial another decapitated male corpse fresh from the war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis, which appears to be setting new standards for carnage and vendetta. “Some are so broken, but we must bury them.” Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: International Press, Khojaly No Comments » February 2009

Azerbaijan Seeking Justice For Khojaly Massacre

The Azerbaijani government said it is still trying to bring to justice those responsible for the events of the Khojaly massacre, as the 17th anniversary was marked on February 26.

Khojaly is a small Azerbaijani town in which hundreds of people, including many civilians, were killed by ethnic Armenian forces on February 25-26 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1992.

Azerbaijani Deputy Military Prosecutor Ilham Mammadov told RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service that the arrest of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic last summer “gave hope that the international justice mechanisms could also be used in respect to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.” Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: International Press, Khojaly No Comments » February 2009

Remembering the Tragedy of Khojaly

THE AZERBAIJANI PERSPECTIVE: News from the Heart of the Silk Road
February 27, 2009 – Los Angeles, California

On February 26, 1992, Armenian troops backed by Russian forces brutally annihilated the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. Human Rights Watch called Khojaly “the largest massacre” in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. 17 years ago in Khojaly,613 people, including 106 women and 63 children, were tortured to death, with hundreds more missing. Over 1,000 people received permanent health damage, 1,275 people were taken hostage, 8 families were fully destroyed.

International media and observers have documented multiple cases of scalping and other forms of mutilation as an integral part of thorough ethnic cleansing of the occupied Azerbaijani territories by Armenian forces. Armenia’s current President Serj Sarkissian, who at the time was a field commander, admitted to the British journalist Thomas DeWaal that “before Khojali, the Azerbaijanis thought that they were joking with us, they thought that the Armenians were people who could not raise their
hand against the civilian population. We were able to break that [stereotype]. (Thomas De Waal. Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War, NYU Press, 2004). Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Khojaly No Comments » February 2009

Commemorating the 17th Anniversary of the Massacre at Khojaly

SPEECH OF HON. ED WHITFIELD OF KENTUCKY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009

• Mr. WHITFIELD. Madam Speaker, I rise today to solemnly recognize the 17th anniversary of the massacre at Khojaly, and to honor the lives of those lost in this great tragedy.

• On February 26, 1992, the small town of Khojaly, Azerbaijan was violently shaken by invading Armenian troops during the Armenian-Azerbaijan war. Armenian forces surrounded the town and opened fire on the innocent inhabitants. During this bloody incursion, nearly 2,000 civilians–mostly women, children and the elderly–were brutally killed, wounded or taken hostage by the Armenian military forces as they seized the town. This resulted in the largest massacre of modern times in the Caucasus and Caspian Basin. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Khojaly No Comments » February 2009

Azerbaijani Embassy commemorates Khojaly massacre

The Azerbaijani Embassy in Turkey is holding a commemorative ceremony today to mark the anniversary of the killing of hundreds of Azerbaijani civilians by Armenian forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh war in the early 1990s.
The theme of the commemorative events will be, “Where speech ends.”

“The Khojaly massacre constitutes one of the most tragic chapters in our history. It was an atrocity against unarmed civilians committed at the end of the 20th century and open murder,” a statement from the Azerbaijani Embassy said. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Khojaly, Turkish Press No Comments » February 2009

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