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Official document on Khojaly tragedy to be extended at 22nd session of UN Council on Human Rights

23 February 2013 08:43 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports that the letter, which has conclusive evidence of the Armenian armed forces' act of massacre and genocide against Azerbaijani civilians during the occupation of Khojaly, quotes from various information media, journalists and NGOs about the tragedy, provides information about campaign Justice for Khojaly aimed at presenting objective information about the tragedy to international public.

The letter also stresses the obligation of states to bring to justice those who have carried out a violation of human rights and humanitarian issues. This letter will be circulated as an official document of the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Letters of similar content were sent to the Geneva Division of the UN, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and permanent missions to other international organizations in Geneva.