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Diaspora

US Azerbaijani Diaspora organizations thank members of German Bundestag for statement on Khojaly Massacre anniversary

01 March 2012 09:34 (UTC +04:00)

According to the campaigners, the two ascertaining numerical Representatives of the Human Rights Committee of the Left faction, Annette Groth and Katrin Werner called the massacre as a grave war crime. According to Human Rights Watch, and the Russian human rights center Memorial, it was the largest massacre in the former war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh. Over 600 Azerbaijani and Muslim civilians and civilians, including many war refugees, the sick, the elderly, women and children, were massacred by the Armenian armed forces mercilessly.

The Diaspora members call other countries to join the Bundestag Memberâ€™s statement.
They also welcomed the France Constitutional Courtâ€™s decision to repeal a law criminalizing denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" on Tuesday.