Azerbaijani Community Activists Hold Rally In Front Of Headquarters Of Human Rights Watch In New York (PHOTO)
Date
10/16/2022 5:13:13 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 16. Azerbaijani
community activists living in the US held a peaceful protest in
front of the headquarters of the Human Rights Watch international
human rights organization in New York, reports via State Committee on Work with
Diaspora of Azerbaijan.
The event, organized by the Azerbaijani-American Women's Society
jointly with the Cultural Society of New York - Azerbaijan with the
participation of Azerbaijani and Turkish communities, was held in
front of the Empire State Building, where the international
organization is located.
A statement of protest against Armenia's war crimes, recent
military provocations committed by Armenia on the state border of
Azerbaijan, attacks of Armenian radical forces on Azerbaijani
embassies in the US, France and Lebanon was handed personally to
Facilities Manager of Human Rights Watch Gil Colon. The rally where
the national flags of Azerbaijan, Türkiye and the US were waved
drew attention to the monstrous war crimes committed by the
Armenian armed forces during the 30-year occupation and the Second
Karabakh War.
During the rally, which demanded an end to Armenian war crimes,
pictures of the atrocities in Ganja and Barda, a mass grave found
in Adilli village of Khojavand district, posters with the slogans
'Azerbaijan wants peace, Armenia wants war!' 'Stop the Armenian
aggression!', 'Stop the Armenian terror!', 'Stop the attacks on
civilians!', 'Ganja has been attacked!', 'Armenia, provide
Azerbaijan with information about the fate of missing people!' and
others were demonstrated.
As a result of the strikes from September 27 through November
10, 2020 by heavy artillery, ballistic missiles, phosphorus and
cluster bombs on Ganja, Naftalan, Barda, Tartar, Mingachevir and
other Azerbaijani cities located within tens of kilometers from the
conflict zone and front line, 93 civilians, including 12 children
and 27 women were killed and 454 people received injuries of
various degrees.
Local residents who showed interest in the action were given
booklets reflecting Armenia's war crimes. The officers of the 14th
Division of the New York City Police protected the participants of
the event. Azerbaijanis demanded that Human Rights Watch respond to
the protest statement of the Azerbaijani community.
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