US Azerbaijanis held a protest action in Washington DC February 25, while Armenians tried to organize their own protest.
Azerbaijani Diaspora in US capital held a protest action near the Armenian embassy commemorating the 19th anniversary of the Khojaly massacre February 25.
Azerbaijani Diaspora members brought signs condemning Armenians of massive killings and brutality. The Diaspora members characterized the meeting as very successful.
In their turn the Armenian Diaspora in Washington DC tried organizing an event dedicated to the Sumgayit events, but the event wasn’t very successful. Azerbaijani Diaspora has held an action on education US media and officials about the Sumgayit events by sending them manuals and letters with detailed explanations about the events.
Conference on Khojaly genocide held at George Washington University
A conference dedicated to the 19th anniversary of Khojaly genocide was held at George Washington University.
The organizers of the event were Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA), Azerbaijani-American Council (AAC), Assembly of Turkish-American Associations (ATAA), American-Turkish Association of Washington, DC (ATA-DC), Turkish Student Association at George Washington University (GWU-TSA).
Speaking at the conference Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United States Yashar Aliyev and other speakers, such as Prof. Thomas Goltz, Turkish Diaspora representatives pointed out that, Khojali is one of the biggest massacres in the 20th Century, in the world.
According to the speakers, Khojaly, once an Azeri-populated town located in the Mountainous Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, was occupied by Armenian forces on the night of February 25-26, 1992. Its population was subjected to ethnic cleansing and massacre by the occupying forces, killing 613 Azeri and Ahiska Turkic civilians, including 106 women and 83 children, according to the Human Rights Watch.
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