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'''Khojali''' ([[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]: '''Xocalı'''), also called '''Khojaly''', |
'''Khojali''' ([[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]: '''Xocalı'''), also called '''Khojaly''', was a town and a [[Raion|rayon]] in the [[Nagorno-Karabakh]] region of [[Azerbaijan]], now under the control of ethnically [[Armenians|Armenian]] separatists. It was the location of the [[Khojaly massacre]] in February [[1992]]. The local separatist government has designated it as the province of [[Askeran]]. |
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==The Khojaly massacre== |
==The Khojaly massacre== |
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{{main|Khojaly Massacre}} |
{{main|Khojaly Massacre}} |
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According to the Azerbaijanis, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and other international observers, a massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian 366th Motor Rifle Regiment |
For people of Azerbaijan the word "Khojali" has become synonymous with pain and inhumane cruelty. According to the Azerbaijanis, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and other international observers, a massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian 366th Motor Rifle Regiment<ref>[http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/7c3561e40d2d3d07c1256bae00447b7f?Opendocument Letter from the Charge d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office]</ref>, who did not just attack the town but razed it to the ground. In the process they brutally murdered 613 people, annihilated whole families, captured 1,275 people, left 1,000 civilians maimed or crippled, and another 150 people unaccounted for in their wake<ref>[ http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai131_folder/131_articles/131_khojali_congress.html Dan Burton, Remembering Khojali, Finally Documented in U.S. Congressional Record. Azerbaijan International/]</ref>. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 04:35, 10 February 2007
Khojali (Azerbaijani: Xocalı), also called Khojaly, was a town and a rayon in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, now under the control of ethnically Armenian separatists. It was the location of the Khojaly massacre in February 1992. The local separatist government has designated it as the province of Askeran.
The Khojaly massacre
For people of Azerbaijan the word "Khojali" has become synonymous with pain and inhumane cruelty. According to the Azerbaijanis, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and other international observers, a massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian 366th Motor Rifle Regiment[1], who did not just attack the town but razed it to the ground. In the process they brutally murdered 613 people, annihilated whole families, captured 1,275 people, left 1,000 civilians maimed or crippled, and another 150 people unaccounted for in their wake[2].
References
- ^ Letter from the Charge d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office
- ^ [ http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai131_folder/131_articles/131_khojali_congress.html Dan Burton, Remembering Khojali, Finally Documented in U.S. Congressional Record. Azerbaijan International/]
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