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In February 2010, media reported a claim by the Azeri-Czech Society that representatives of the Azeri administration of Khojaly in exile and the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] town of [[Lidice]] were to sign an agreement making Khojaly and Lidice [[Sister city|sister cities]] and that a street in Lidice was to be named "Khojali".<ref>{{cite news | url= http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/1643116.html | title= Khojali to be twinned with Czech Lidice | publisher= [[Trend News Agency]] | author = | date=2010-02-22 | accessdate=2010-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=115717 | title= A street in Lidice, Czechia to be named after Khojaly
In February 2010, media reported a claim by the Azeri-Czech Society that representatives of the Azeri administration of Khojaly in exile and the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] town of [[Lidice]] were to sign an agreement making Khojaly and Lidice [[Sister city|sister cities]] and that a street in Lidice was to be named "Khojali".<ref>{{cite news | url= http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/1643116.html | title= Khojali to be twinned with Czech Lidice | publisher= [[Trend News Agency]] | author = | date=2010-02-22 | accessdate=2010-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=115717 | title= A street in Lidice, Czechia to be named after Khojaly
| publisher= [[Azerbaijan Press Agency]] | author = | date=2010-02-22 | accessdate=2010-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.radio.cz/ru/statja/125788 | title= Лидице стали побратимами Ходжалы. Армения против | trans_title= Lidice twinned with Khojaly. Armenia is against | publisher= [[Český Rozhlas]] | author = Asya Chekanova | date=2010-03-09 | accessdate=2010-02-29}}</ref> In March 2012, reports quoted the Mayor of Lidice, Veronika Kellerova, as officially stating that Lidice and Khojali had never been sister cities. She further repudiated reports that there exists a street named 'Khojaly' in Lidice.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://panorama.am/en/politics/2012/03/02/xocali-lidice-kellerova/ | title= Mayor Veronika Kellerova: Lidice, Khojaly not sister cities, no street named Khojaly in Lidice | publisher= [[Panorama.am]] | accessdate=2 March 2012}}</ref>
| publisher= [[Azerbaijan Press Agency]] | author = | date=2010-02-22 | accessdate=2010-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.radio.cz/ru/statja/125788 | title= Лидице стали побратимами Ходжалы. Армения против | trans_title= Lidice twinned with Khojaly. Armenia is against | publisher= [[Český Rozhlas]] | author = Asya Chekanova | date=2010-03-09 | accessdate=2010-02-29}}</ref> In March 2012, reports quoted the Mayor of Lidice, Veronika Kellerova, as officially stating that Lidice and Khojali had never been sister cities. She further repudiated reports that there exists a street named 'Khojaly' in Lidice.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://panorama.am/en/politics/2012/03/02/xocali-lidice-kellerova/ | title= Mayor Veronika Kellerova: Lidice, Khojaly not sister cities, no street named Khojaly in Lidice | publisher= [[Panorama.am]] | accessdate=2 March 2012}}</ref>

== About Khojaly Genocide ==

{{main|Khojaly Genocide}}
Khojaly is medium-size city in [[Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]]<ref>[http://www.slaptai.lt/azerbaidzanas/2918-chodzaly-skerdynes--pati-didziausia-tragedija-kuri-istiko-pasauli-1992-aisiais.html Slaptai.lt: Chodžaly skerdynės – pati didžiausia tragedija, kuri ištiko pasaulį 1992-aisiais]</ref> where during few hours of night from 25 to 26 February 613 civilians<ref>[http://www.lrytas.lt/-12998642091299183141-arm%C4%97nija-ne%C4%AFsileido-lietuvi%C5%B3-nor%C4%97jusi%C5%B3-kurti-film%C4%85-apie-kaln%C5%B3-karabach%C4%85-nuotraukos.htm Lrytas.lt: Armėnija neįsileido lietuvių, norėjusių kurti filmą apie Kalnų Karabachą]</ref> were killed<ref>[http://www.balsas.lt/naujiena/583705/m-gamzajevas-negyjanti-azerbaidzano-zaizda-chodzaly-tragedija Balsas.lt: M.Gamzajevas: negyjanti Azerbaidžano žaizda - Chodžaly tragedija]</ref><ref>[http://www.haber.dk/?p=8825 Haber.dk: Hocalı katliamı Kopenhag’da da anıldı]</ref> including 106 women<ref>[http://azerros.ru/maintheme/1655-u-hodzhalinskoy-tragedii-net-sroka-davnosti.html Azerros.ru: У ХОДЖАЛИНСКОЙ ТРАГЕДИИ НЕТ СРОКА ДАВНОСТИ]</ref> and 85 small children under 8 years.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP3RmQruiEk Youtube.com: Massacre de Khodjaly 20 après, le spectre d'une nouvelle guerre ; Reportage de France24]</ref> 56 people were killed with outrageous brutality, 8 families were totally exterminated, 25 children lost both parents while 130 children lost at least one parent in a genocide which has become the most brutal punishment of civilians during the conflict’s military phase.<ref>[http://www.ng.ru/ideas/2010-02-26/7_hojala.html Независимая газета: Справедливость для Ходжалы - В Азербайджане вспоминают жертв геноцида азербайджанской общины Нагорного Карабаха]</ref> They were either shot dead by Armenian soldiers or froze to death as they tried to flee Khojaly.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17179904 BBC.co.uk: Nagorno-Karabakh: Remembering the victims of Khojaly]</ref> More than 1000 people became disabled, 1275 people were taken as hostage, no information about more than 150 people since then.<ref>[http://kavkaz-news.net/alldaynews/obshestvo/2370-fevral-obyavlen-na-ukraine-mesyacem-xodzhaly.html Kavkaz-news.net: Февраль объявлен на Украине "Месяцем Ходжалы"]</ref>

== "Justice for Khojaly" campaign ==

{{main|Justice for Khojaly}}

Justice for Khojaly or shortly "JFK" is The International Awareness Campaign<ref>[http://www.lrytas.lt/-12669286471265208728-seime-bus-prisiminta-chod%C5%BEaly-tragedija.htm Lrytas.lt: Seime bus prisiminta Chodžaly tragedija]</ref> initiated under the motto of “Justice for [[Khojaly]], Freedom for [[Karabakh]]”<ref>[http://justiceforkhojaly.org/site/?p=acampaign JusticeForKhojaly.org: ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN]</ref> The web-site of JFK campaign allows internet users to address petition to world leaders "to recognize [[Khojaly Massacre]] as a crime against humanity and to fight injustice in the world"<ref>[http://justiceforkhojaly.org/site/?p=petition JusticeForKhojaly.org: Petition to world leaders]</ref> which has already been signed more than 143 500 users online as of December 27, 2012.Campaign has more than 32 000 followers on Facebook page<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-for-Khojaly-Campaign/101823787520 Facebook page of JFK campaign]</ref>. Totally around 1 million people joined this campaign<ref>[http://www.aze.az/news_kampaniya_spravedlivost_k_69188.html Aze.az: Кампания «Справедливость к Ходжалы» соберет в следующем году около миллиона подписей]</ref>. The campaign has already covered more than 25 countries and 115 organizations.<ref>[http://www.lrytas.lt/-12669286471265208728-seime-bus-prisiminta-chod%C5%BEaly-tragedija.htm Lrytas.lt: Seime bus prisiminta Chodžaly tragedija]</ref>.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 17:29, 1 January 2013

39°54′40″N 46°47′21″E / 39.91111°N 46.78917°E / 39.91111; 46.78917

Khojali
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de facto)
Rayon
Province		Khojali
Askeran
Population
 (2005)
 • Total908
Time zoneUTC+4 (UTC)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (UTC)

Khojali (Azerbaijani: Xocalı) or Ivanyan (also Ivanian Armenian: Իվանյան), also, Ay-Khodzhaly, Khodgalou, Khodzhalv, Khodzhaly, Khojalu, and Khozhali, is a town in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, located some 10 km northeast of its capital Stepanakert. Internationally, it is still considered a de jure part of Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan counts it as the capital of its Khojali Rayon.

History

During the Soviet period, Khojali was a village in the Askeran rayon of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. As the Karabakh conflict started, the Azerbaijani government began to implement a plan to create a new district center. From 1988 to 1990 the population of Khojali increased from 2135 to 6000 residents, mostly consisting of immigrants from Soviet Central Asia (including more than 2000 Meskhetian Turks) and Armenia (about 2000). In April 1990 Azerbaijan abolished the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and its internal divisions. Khojali was given city status and became the regional center for the newly created Khojali Rayon composed of the former Askeran rayon and part of Martuni.[1][2]

Khojaly was captured by ethnic Armenian forces on 26 February 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. The name became internationally notable after the Khojaly Massacre of February 1992.

In 2001 the settlement was renamed Ivanyan, after the late general of the Karabakh Defense Army, Kristapor Ivanyan.[3]

Sister cities (refuted)

In February 2010, media reported a claim by the Azeri-Czech Society that representatives of the Azeri administration of Khojaly in exile and the Czech town of Lidice were to sign an agreement making Khojaly and Lidice sister cities and that a street in Lidice was to be named "Khojali".[4][5][6] In March 2012, reports quoted the Mayor of Lidice, Veronika Kellerova, as officially stating that Lidice and Khojali had never been sister cities. She further repudiated reports that there exists a street named 'Khojaly' in Lidice.[7]

About Khojaly Genocide

Main article: Khojaly Genocide

Khojaly is medium-size city in Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast[8] where during few hours of night from 25 to 26 February 613 civilians[9] were killed[10][11] including 106 women[12] and 85 small children under 8 years.[13] 56 people were killed with outrageous brutality, 8 families were totally exterminated, 25 children lost both parents while 130 children lost at least one parent in a genocide which has become the most brutal punishment of civilians during the conflict’s military phase.[14] They were either shot dead by Armenian soldiers or froze to death as they tried to flee Khojaly.[15] More than 1000 people became disabled, 1275 people were taken as hostage, no information about more than 150 people since then.[16]

"Justice for Khojaly" campaign

Main article: Justice for Khojaly

Justice for Khojaly or shortly "JFK" is The International Awareness Campaign[17] initiated under the motto of “Justice for Khojaly, Freedom for Karabakh”[18] The web-site of JFK campaign allows internet users to address petition to world leaders "to recognize Khojaly Massacre as a crime against humanity and to fight injustice in the world"[19] which has already been signed more than 143 500 users online as of December 27, 2012.Campaign has more than 32 000 followers on Facebook page[20]. Totally around 1 million people joined this campaign[21]. The campaign has already covered more than 25 countries and 115 organizations.[22].

See also

References

  1. ^ Доклад общества «Мемориал» (Memorial). Независимая газета, 18 June 1992
  2. ^ Карабахские депутаты: Ходжалу стал жертвой политических интриг и борьбы за власть в Азербайджане. ИА REGNUM, 25 February 2008
  3. ^ Hrant Aleksanian: Karabakh Marks Ten Years Of ‘Independence’. azatutyun.am, 01.09.2001
  4. ^ "Khojali to be twinned with Czech Lidice". Trend News Agency. 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  5. ^ "A street in Lidice, Czechia to be named after Khojaly". Azerbaijan Press Agency. 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  6. ^ Asya Chekanova (2010-03-09). "Лидице стали побратимами Ходжалы. Армения против". Český Rozhlas. Retrieved 2010-02-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Mayor Veronika Kellerova: Lidice, Khojaly not sister cities, no street named Khojaly in Lidice". Panorama.am. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  8. ^ Slaptai.lt: Chodžaly skerdynės – pati didžiausia tragedija, kuri ištiko pasaulį 1992-aisiais
  9. ^ Lrytas.lt: Armėnija neįsileido lietuvių, norėjusių kurti filmą apie Kalnų Karabachą
  10. ^ Balsas.lt: M.Gamzajevas: negyjanti Azerbaidžano žaizda - Chodžaly tragedija
  11. ^ Haber.dk: Hocalı katliamı Kopenhag’da da anıldı
  12. ^ Azerros.ru: У ХОДЖАЛИНСКОЙ ТРАГЕДИИ НЕТ СРОКА ДАВНОСТИ
  13. ^ Youtube.com: Massacre de Khodjaly 20 après, le spectre d'une nouvelle guerre ; Reportage de France24
  14. ^ Независимая газета: Справедливость для Ходжалы - В Азербайджане вспоминают жертв геноцида азербайджанской общины Нагорного Карабаха
  15. ^ BBC.co.uk: Nagorno-Karabakh: Remembering the victims of Khojaly
  16. ^ Kavkaz-news.net: Февраль объявлен на Украине "Месяцем Ходжалы"
  17. ^ Lrytas.lt: Seime bus prisiminta Chodžaly tragedija
  18. ^ JusticeForKhojaly.org: ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN
  19. ^ JusticeForKhojaly.org: Petition to world leaders
  20. ^ Facebook page of JFK campaign
  21. ^ Aze.az: Кампания «Справедливость к Ходжалы» соберет в следующем году около миллиона подписей
  22. ^ Lrytas.lt: Seime bus prisiminta Chodžaly tragedija

External links

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