BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 23.
Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of
Azerbaijan Sabina Aliyeva has issued an announcement on the event of
the thirty first anniversary of the Khojaly genocide, Trend stories.
According to her, the Khojaly genocide, which left a
mark in historical past as one of many largest tragedies of the final
century, is without doubt one of the bloodiest pages of the coverage of ethnic
cleaning and genocide usually carried out by Armenian
nationalists towards Azerbaijanis.
“On the night time of February 25-26, 1992, the Armenian
armed forces launched an armed assault with the help of the 366th
motorized rifle regiment of the Soviet military stationed within the metropolis
of Khankendi with the intention of mass killing of the peaceable
inhabitants of town of Khojaly. This metropolis with a inhabitants of
seven thousand folks was razed to the bottom, its inhabitants have been
subjected to genocide,” she mentioned.
Aliyeva added that the principle purpose of the Armenian
chauvinists in committing this genocide was additionally to wipe out
Khojaly, a metropolis with historic and cultural monuments belonging to
the traditional occasions of Azerbaijan, along with brutal killing the
inhabitants.
She mentioned that neglecting the norms and rules of
worldwide regulation, together with worldwide humanitarian regulation, the
most cruel killing strategies have been used towards the civilian
inhabitants, particularly the older folks, girls, and kids.
“As a end result, 613 folks, together with 106 girls, 63
kids, and 70 older folks have been killed with particular cruelty, 8
households have been fully worn out, 25 kids misplaced each mother and father,
132 kids misplaced one among their mother and father, 487 folks have been severely
injured, 1275 folks have been taken hostage, and the destiny of 150 of
them is unknown. During the genocide, 56 folks have been killed with
unprecedented cruelty, folks have been burned alive and subjected to
horrible torture,” the assertion mentioned.
Azerbaijani Ombudsman additionally famous that the rights and
freedoms enshrined within the current worldwide paperwork within the
subject of safety of human rights and freedoms, together with the
proper to life, have been grossly and massively violated in consequence
of the Khojaly genocide primarily based on ethnic cleaning and hatred and
different warfare crimes dedicated by the aggressor Armenia on our
lands.
“As a results of the Khojaly genocide, the provisions
of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, The Convention towards
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Racial Discrimination, and the Convention on the Rights of the
Child have been severely violated,” she mentioned.
According to the Ombudsman, for the primary time, on the
initiative of National Leader Heydar Aliyev the nation’s
Parliament gave a political and authorized evaluation to the Khojaly
Genocide, February 26 was declared “Khojaly Genocide Day”, and
actions have been launched for bringing the dedicated crime to the
consideration of the worldwide group and the culprits to
justice.
“International campaign “Justice for Khojaly”
carried out by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation for bringing the reality
about Khojaly to the eye of the worldwide group performs
an important position within the recognition of the Khojaly genocide by
the world group, and giving authorized and political evaluation to
it,” Sabina Aliyeva mentioned.
She famous that on account of this motion, the
legislative our bodies of 17 international locations, in addition to 24 states of the
United States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the
Organization of Turkic States, have adopted quite a few resolutions
and choices condemning the bloodbath of civilians in Khojaly and
evaluating it as an act of genocide and a criminal offense towards
humanity.
According to Sabina Aliyeva, at current, Azerbaijan
continues to take all obligatory steps with a purpose to convey the
data to the world group concerning the terrorist coverage
constantly applied by Armenia, particularly the mines buried in
our lands liberated from occupation on account of which civilians
have been killed or severely injured.
“In order to revive justice and stop the
recurrence of such acts of genocide towards humanity, the world
international locations and worldwide organizations ought to give worldwide
political and authorized evaluation to the Khojaly genocide and different
warfare crimes dedicated by Armenia, the perpetrators of the dedicated
genocide should be held accountable earlier than the worldwide courtroom
and decisive measures should be taken on this path,” she
concluded.
This Statement is addressed to the UN
Secretary-General, UN Security Council, UN Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Office of the High Commissioner
for Refugees, UN Human Rights Council, UNICEF, UNESCO, European
Union, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe, International and European Ombudsman
Institutions, Asian Ombudsman Association, Organization of Islamic
Cooperation and the Ombudsman Association of its member states,
Association of Ombudsmen and National Human Rights Institutions of
the Turkic States, Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of
the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, European Network of
Ombudspersons for Children, International Peace Bureau, ombudsmen
and nationwide human rights establishments of various international locations,
embassies of the Republic of Azerbaijan in international international locations and
the international embassies in Azerbaijan, in addition to to the Azerbaijani
Diasporas.