Truth and Justice Demonstration for Sumgait, Baku Pogroms Held in NY
NEW YORK, N.Y.—On Feb. 26, the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of New York together with more than 60 activists from around the state gathered in front of the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations in order to demand truth and justice for the crimes perpetrated against the Armenians in the cities of Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad, Maragha, and other places from 1988-92, which resulted in hundreds of Armenians being killed and more than 400,000 forcefully deported from their homes. The participants of the demonstration also called for the end of the two-decades-long aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia. Chants were accompanied with patriotic songs and concluded with a prayer delivered by Very Rev. Fr. Zareh Sarkissian from the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church accompanied by the deacons from St. Illuminator’s cathedral in Manhattan.
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I said so many time, Stalin give all Armenian territory to Azerbercani, We must ask this territory from Russia and Mr. Putin must stop Azerbercani accusations. We get our territory with Armenian blood and honor
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Once again ANCA please be represented at international human rights meetings (right now 31st session of HRC in Geneva with violent interventions of Azerbaijan…) to present a statement on the soungait, Baku, Kirovabad pogroms for action based on international leegal instruments and bodies. You can contact me. adedeyan@yahoo.com. Don’t wait and just inform genral public, media and the Armenian diaspora. ad.