Artsakh Youth Hold Torch-lit Procession in Stepanakert

STEPANAKERT, NKR (A.W.)—The youth of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) of the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) led a torch-lit procession in the capital of Stepanakert on the night of April 23. Crowds filled the city center, chanting, “The Armenian soldier stopped a new genocide,” “We demand,” and “Shame on Turkey,” and singing patriotic songs, reported Armenia’s Yerkir news service.

Some of the youth leading the procession (Photo: Aparaj.am)
Youth leading the procession (Photo: Aparaj.am)

Participants marched from the city’s ARF Nikol Duman Center to Stepanakert’s Armenian Genocide Monument, where they observed a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the genocide and of the large-scale military aggression by Azerbaijani forces on April 2-5.

A scene from the moment of silence held at the genocide monument (Photo: Aparaj.am)
A scene from the moment of silence held at the Genocide Monument (Photo: Aparaj.am)

During the event, the participants called for both Turkey and Azerbaijan to be held responsible by the international community for their crimes.

 

 

 

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