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21 February 2012 [13:08] - Today.Az
The victims of Khojaly massacre have been commemorated in Switzerland. The events was organized by the Switzerland-based Azerbaijani Culture Center as part of the Justice for Khojaly campaign, initiated by Leyla Aliyeva, General Coordinator for Intercultural Dialogue of the Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation (ICYF-DC).
The event was held with the support of Azerbaijan’s Diplomatic Mission to Switzerland to inform the world community about the true facts of Khojaly genocide. Some 613 black balloons have been released into the air by the participants of the ceremony dressed in t-shirts with the inscription reading "Justice for Khojaly!" and photos of 63 children who were killed during the massacre.
An event to pay a tribute to the victims of Khojaly genocide and the annual meeting of the Slovenia-Azerbaijan Friendship Society was held in Slovenian city of Nova Gorica. Development of relations between the two countries and the development of 2012 action plan were adopted at the meeting.
The program, and Slovenia, as well as economy, education, science, culture, tourism, sports and other fields is expected to implement joint projects. For this purpose, a number of specific projects were proposed by the embassy.
The participants of event in Nova Gorica stood for a minute’s silence in memory of the victims of Khojaly tragedy. The participants were briefed on Justice for Khojaly campaign, initiated by Leyla Aliyeva, General Coordinator for Intercultural Dialogue of the Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation.
Every year in late February the Azerbaijani nation commemorates the bloody tragedy known as the Khojaly genocide.
An unprecedented massacre of hundreds of defenseless inhabitants of the small town of Khojaly in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan became one of the most heinous crimes against the Azerbaijani people. On the night of February 25, 1992, the Armenian armed forces with the help of Russian troops carried out the seizure of Khojaly and razed the town to the ground. Following the occupation of Khojaly, a total of 613 innocent Azerbaijanis were massacred by invaders, which also annihilated whole families, captured 1,275 people, left 1,000 civilians maimed or crippled, with another 150 reported missing.
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