'Gorbachev should be deprived of Nobel Peace Prize'

Member of the Azerbaijani Parliament Etibar Huseynov has appealed to the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, chairman of the parliament of Norway, Dag Terje Andersen, King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf and King of Norway Harold V in connection with the deprivation of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev of Nobel Peace Prize.

According to the MP's appeal, on January 20, 1990 by the order of the USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev heavy military equipment was brought into Baku without warning and a ruthless act of terrorism was carried out against citizens who held a peaceful rally demanding independence and democracy. Some 131 civilians were killed, 744 - wounded, 328 - disabled, 841 -illegally arrested.

Huseynov said that Gorbachev as head of state and commander in chief is responsible for crimes committed by Soviet troops. Gorbachev gave order to shoot civilians on December 17-18, 1986 in the Kazakh capital; April 9, 1989 in the Georgian capital; January 20, 1990 in the Azerbaijani capital; January, 1990 in the Tajik capital; January 13, 1991 in the Lithuanian capital; January 20, 1991 in the Latvian capital and committed crimes against humanity, violating thus such universal value that is the symbol of the Nobel Prize, as peacefulness.

"Unfortunately, neither Gorbachev nor other perpetrators of mass murders has been prosecuted. Moreover, they didn't apologize to these people, but instead brazenly attempted to justify their actions. Is it possible to consider such person a public figure, leader, man, sharing values of the Nobel Prize? Isn't this disrespectful to the memory of the great social activist Alfred Nobel?," the appeal said.


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