Justice for Khojaly

Quotations

- About 1,000 of Khojaly`s 10,000 people were massacred by the Armenian Army in Tuesdays attack. Azerbaijani television showed truckloads of corpses being evacuated from the Khocaly area.
  
  (Washington Times 02. 03.1992.)
- "This regiment (ex-Soviet 366 military regiment responsible for Khojaly massacre – JFK Campign note), though not involved in military operations, was a stabilizing factor"
  
  L. Ter-Petrosyan, Former President of Armenia (quoted from NYT 3.03.1992)
  The New York Times, 3 March 1992 MASSACRE BY ARMENIANS BEING REPORTED
- "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]."
  
  Current president of Armenia Serzh Sarkisian's interview
  (Thomas de Waal, "Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war", New York & London: New York University Press, 2003, pp. 169-172)
- "Sarkisian's account throws a different light on the worst massacre of the Karabakh war, suggesting that the killings may, at least in part, have been a deliberate act of mass killing as intimidation."
  
  (Thomas de Waal, "Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war", New York & London: New York University Press, 2003, pp. 169-172)
- "… a survivor of the massacre, said he saw up to 200 people shot down at the point we visited , and refugees who came by different routes have also told of being shot at repeatedly and of leaving a trail of bodies along their path.”
  
  The Times, 3 March 1992
  "MASSACRE UNCOVERED"
  BY ANATOL LIEVEN
- BBC reporter was live on line and he claimed that he saw more than 100 bodies of Azerbaijani men, women and children as well as a baby who are shot dead from their heads from a very short distance.
  
  BBC1 Morning New at 07:37, Tuesday, 3 March 1992
- (BBC) Reporter said he, cameraman and Western Journalists have seen more than 100 corpses, who are men, women, children, massacred by Armenians.
  
  BBC1 Morning News at 08:12, Tuesday, 3 March 1992
- Armenian officials disputed the death toll and denied the massacre report. There were growing signs that many civilians were killed during the capture of Khojaly.
  
  The boston Globe, 3 March 1992
  By Paul Quinn-Judge, Baku, Azerbaijan
- Refugees from enclave town of Khojaly, sheltering in the Azerbaijani border town of Agdam, give largely consistent accounts of how Armenians attacked their homes on the night of 25 February, chased those who fled and shot them in the surrounding forests.
  
  The Age (Melbourne), 6 March 1992
  By Helen Womack, Agdam , Azerbaijan, Thursday
- The foreign journalist in Aghdam saw the women and three scalped children with the pulled off nails among the killed people. This is not "Azerbaijani propaganda", but reality.
  
  Le Mond, 14 March 1992
- Azerbaijan was a charnel house again last week; a place of mourning refugees and dozens of mangles corpses dragged to a makeshift morgue behind the mosque. They were ordinary Azerbaijani men, women and children of Khojaly, a small village in war-torn Nagorno-Karabkh overrun by Armenian forces on February 25-26.
  
  Newsweek, 16 march 1992
  THE FACE OF A MASSACRE
  By Pascal Privat with Steve Le Vine in Moscow
- "…so far, some 200 dead Azerbaijanis, many of them mutilated, have been transported out of the town tucked inside the Armenian-dominated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh for burial in neighboring Azerbaijan”.
  
  Time, 16 March 1992
  "MASSACRE IN KHOJALY"
  By Jill Smolowe
  Reported by Yuri Zarakhovoch/Moscow
- The report of Memorial the Moscow-based human rights group, on the massive violations of human rights committed in the taking of Khojaly says of the civilians’ flight from the town: "The fugitives fell into ambushes set by Armenians and came under fire”.
  
  Svoboda, 12 June 1992
  "A TRAGEDY WHOSE PERPETRATORS CANNOT BE VINDICATED”
- According to "Francois Zen Ruffinen, head of delegation of the International Red Cross in Baku, said the Muslim imam of the nearby city of Agdam had reported a figure of 580 bodies received at his mosque from Khojaly, most of them civilians. "We did not count the bodies. But the figure seems reasonable. It is no fantasy," – Mr.Ruffinen stated.
  
  The Independent, London, 12 June 1992
- Over the night from 25 to 26 February 1992 the Khojaly town (Nagorny Krabagh), inhabited mainly by Azerbaijanis, was subjected to the massive attack from the Armenian side.
  
  Kommersant (Moscow)
  27 February, 2002
- "The circumstances surrounding the attack . . .on those fleeing Khojaly indicate that [Karabakh] Armenian forces and the troops of the 366th CIS regiment . . .deliberately disregarded this customary law restraint on attacks, under these circumstances, the killing of fleeing combatants could not justify the forseeably large number of civilian casualties."
  
  Human Rights Watch/Helsinki,
  March 24, 1997
  "LETTER BY HOLLY CARTNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
  HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/HELSINKI,
  ADDRESSED TO MR. AL EXANDER ARZOUMANIAN
  FOREIGN MINISTER, REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA”
- I'm pleased to say that on January 25, 2005, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe overwhelmingly adopted a resolution highlighting that "considerable parts of Azerbaijan's territory are still occupied by the Armenian forces and separatist forces are still in control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region."
  
  Congressman Dan Burton's speech in the
  US House of Representatives
  17 February 2005
- ” what happened at Khojaly stands out as an appalling tragedy in a list of many that occurred during the course of the war.”.
  
  Letter of Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth
  Office to the Vatan Society,
  24 February 2005
  Letter by Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- In the early morning of February 26, the Artsakh Self-Defence Forces stormed the town of Khojaly, on the road between Khankendi (Stepanakert) and Agdam, which appeared to have been left almost undefended.
  
  Charles van der Leeuw, Azerbaijan: A quest for
  identity: a short history (New York; St. Martin Press, 2000), p. 171
- "We don’t speak loudly about these things. Before Khojaly, the Azerbaijanis thought that they were joking with us, they thought that the Armenians were people who could not raise hand against the civilian population. We were able to break that [stereotype].
  Now president of Armenia and 1992 war lord Serzh Sarkisian quoted in the book by British journalist
  
  Thomas de Waal, Black Garden: Armenia and
  Azerbaijan through peace and war (New York & London: New York University Press, 2003),
  Sarkisian’s account throws different light on the worst massacre of the Karabagh war, suggesting that the killings may, at least in part, have been a deliberate act of mass killing as intimidation.
  Thomas de Waal, Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war (New York & London: New York University Press, 2003),

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JUSTICE FOR KHOJALY CAMPAIGN
TO BE LAUNCHED IN MAJOR WESTERN AND MUSLIM CAPITAL CITIES

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WASHINGTON: Memorial Day on Khojaly tragedy will be organized on 26 February in the US Congress. Congressmen will be introduced with the purpose of the campaign and and campaign’s website. Demonstration of the film and paint exposition also will be held at the same day in G. Washington University.

BERLIN: For commemoration of Khojaly tragedy Khojaly Memorial Day will be organized in Berlin. Members of the Bundestag and the Berlin city parliament, representatives of government organizations and NGOs, academicians and social/human rights activists, cultural persons, as well as representatives of the foreign embassies accredited in Berlin and media institutions are invited to the event. Programme of the event includes presentation of the Campaign and its website (www.justiceforkhojaly.org) also.

BUCHAREST: According to the local Campaign chapter event devoted to the presentation of the “Justice for Khojaly” International campaign and to commemoration of Khojaly massacre will be held on 26th February in Bucharest with participation of politicians, representatives of NGO’s and local Media institutions. In the framework of the event paint exposition – “Khojaly with the view of children” will be organized and book “Khojaly Tragedy” in romanian will be exposed.

RIYADH: As a part of the "Justice for Khojaly" International Campaign a forum on Khojaly massacre will be held on 25th of February in the major conference centre in Riyadh, with participation of politicians, representatives of different international organizations, including the Organization of the Islamic Conference, as well as local Media institutions.

ALEXANDRIA: During the Alexandria International Book Exposition to be held on 19 February – 4 March will be held presentation of the “Justice for Khojaly” International campaign and its website.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian trustee is going to organize addresses of the diplomats for the believers with participation of Parliament members on 25 February Friday Prayer which will feature presentation of the International Campaign “Justice For Khojaly” and its web-site. As durability of the event, the presentation of the Campaign and web-site will be introduced to the Accredited Diplomatic corpuses and Government structures.

KIEV: Exhibition of Ukrainian painter R. Seydimov together with exhibition “Khojaly with the view of children” will start on 15 February in Kiev and will continue until 26 February. These exhibitions will be part of the commemoration of the tragedy and closing of the exhibitions will be held on 26 February in one of the biggest paint galleries of Kiev with participation of social and political officers and persons. Forum on Khojaly Tragedy will be organized in one of the universities of Kiev. As part of this campaign events will include signing campaign regarding to legal and political recognition of the Khojaly tragedy.

VIENNA: The national campaign will set up a tent in one of central district of the city in remembrance of hundreds tent camps which sheltered refugees of Khojaly and other occupied territories in Nagorno Karabagh region of Azerbaijan. On 26th February campaign and the web-site will be presented to invited representatives of Austria, NGOs, academic community and media.

BRUSSELS: On 3rd March Memorial Day on Khojaly massacre will be organized in Brussels in the European Parliament. Embassies accredited in Brussels, Members of Belgium and European Parliament, governmental officials and national NGO’s will participate in the introduction of the “Justice for Khojaly” international campaign and its web-site www.justiceforkhojaly.org.

RIGA: The presentation of the “Justice for Khojaly” campaign and its web-site www.justiceforkhojaly.org will be organized on 20th February with participation of Members of the Parliament, representatives of President’s office and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and representatives of other governmental as well as Non-governmental entities. On 26th February presentation of the campaign and its web-site for ethnic minorities living in Lithuania will be held in “Ojag” Cultural Centre.

WARSAW: Presentation ceremony of the “Justice for Khojaly” Campaign and its website www.justiceforkhojaly.org will be held within the framework of the event related with Khojaly Massacre to be organized on 26 February in Warsaw University with participation of representatives of the accredited embassies to Warsaw, politicians, academicians, representatives of community and local media institutions.

LONDON: Introduction of the “Justice for Khojaly” Campaign and its website www.justiceforkhojaly.org will be organized in the Imperial War Museum with participation of British governmental officials, representatives of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic corps accredited to UK as well as experts and academia from leading British think tangs and universities.