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Khojaly genocide commemorated at university, where one of tragedy organizers Monte Melkonian once studied - PHOTOSESSION

Khojaly genocide commemorated at university, where one of tragedy organizers Monte Melkonian once studied - <font color=red>PHOTOSESSION</font>

21 February 2009 12:09 (UTC +04:00)

The event was organized by Azerbaijani-American Council, Turkish-speaking Students Association of Berkeley University and Northern California Cultural Center. Chairman of Azerbaijani-American Council Javid Huseynov and president of Turkish-speaking students organization Ulduz Berencfurush made keynote speeches.

Javid Huseynov said the opening ceremony of the campaign aiming to inform the world community about Khojaly genocide will be held on the initiative of Leyla Aliyeva, coordinator on intercultural dialogue of OIC Youth Forum on February 26, 2009.

Azerbaijani parliamentarians Havva Mammadova and Asim Mollazadeh, Professor Thomas Goltz of the University of Montana, the first American journalist, who informed the international community about Khojaly genocide, representative of Strategic Research Center under Azerbaijani President and master of Monterey Institute Rashad Karimov and journalist Shafag Mehraliyeva addressed the event.

They underlined the importance of informing the world community about Khojaly truths and suing the perpetrators in the International Court of Justice. They also discussed legal aspects of Khojaly genocide and called the perpetrators of the tragedy war criminals.

Following this, documentary film about Khojaly genocide made by Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the report prepared by Shafag Mehraliyeva for CNN in 1997 were demonstrated. Asim Mollazadeh and Thomas Goltz had discussions with the Armenians attending the event.

Peopleâ€™s artist of Azerbaijan Chingiz Sadikhov, Azerbaijani Consul General to Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov, representative of Azerbaijani-American Council for Azerbaijan Kamala Pashayeva and activist of Azerbaijani community Shapur Ensari also attended the event.

Khojaly genocide victims were commemorated by a minute silence.

The next event on Khojaly genocide will be held in Azerbaijani Consulate General in Los Angeles with participation of MP Havva Mammadova and representative of Azerbaijani-American Council for Azerbaijan Kamala Pashayeva on February 23.

The University of Berkeley commemorates the victims of Khojaly genocide for the second time. Terrorist, who committed savageries against civilians in Khojaly Monte Melkonian, once studied at this university.
Monte Melkonian graduated from the faculty of architecture of the University of Berkeley in 1978.

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