Criminal Case Initiated On Mass Deportation, Persecution And Genocide Of Azerbaijanis
Date
3/30/2023 5:52:55 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 30. The
Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office has
conducted an investigation based on the appeal of the Community of
Western Azerbaijan Public Union, Azerbaijan's State Committee for
Affairs of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, and the State
Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, the
press service of the Prosecutor General's Office told trend .
According to the documents stored in the National
Archive Department of Azerbaijan, from the beginning of the XX-th
century, armed formations created under the leadership of people of
Armenian origin committed crimes against humanity, against people
of Azerbaijani origin living in the lands of Western
Azerbaijan.
Armenian armed formations destroyed 32 villages in the
Irevan district of the Irevan province, 84 villages in the
Echmiadzin district, 7 villages in the Novo-Bayazid district and 75
villages in the Surmali district until March 1918. A total of
135,000 Azerbaijanis were subjected to genocide and forced
deportation.
Following the same criminal purpose, in 1948–1953,
more than 150,000 Azerbaijanis were massively and forcibly evicted
from their native lands on the territory of the Armenian SSR.
Thousands of people, including old people and babies, unable to
withstand the difficult conditions of resettlement, sudden climatic
changes, and physical and mental shocks, have died.
In addition, during 1988–1992, those crimes
systematically continued. Over 250,000 Azerbaijanis from 185
settlements in the Western Azerbaijan were deported and subjected
to persecution and forced eviction from their native lands by the
Armenian government, the "Karabakh" and "Krunk" committees.
Furthermore, 216 Azerbaijanis were killed by the Armenian armed
forces with particular cruelty.
Since these facts are crimes envisaged by
international and domestic legislation, the Prosecutor General of
Azerbaijan initiated a criminal case under Articles 103 (genocide),
107 (deportation or forced resettlement), 109 (harassment), 120.2.4
(deliberate murder with special cruelty), and 120.2.7 (murder of
two or more persons) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of
Azerbaijan. The investigation is entrusted to the relevant
department of the Prosecutor General's Office.
During the preliminary investigation of a criminal
case, it is envisaged to send applications for legal assistance to
the Prosecutor's Offices of foreign countries and to cooperate with
international organizations.
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