ARTSAKH CONDEMNS TERRORISM

Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
13 Sept 04

On September 1 of 2004 when the children of the world as usual
celebrated the beginning of the new school year and the Day of
Knowledge, for hundreds of children of the town Beslan, North Osetia
the new school year did not startâ^À¦ On these days in different
parts of the planet meetings and actions are organized condemning
this monstrous terrorist act. Nagorni Karabakh could not remain
indifferent toward this either as the people of Karabakh have
known terrorism and tragedyâ^À¦ On September 9 a number of public
organizations â^À^Ó â^À^ÜMaternityâ^À^Ý, â^À^Ü Society of Parents of
Killed Military Men of NKRâ^À^Ý, â^À^ÜUnion of Relatives of Missing
Azatamartiksâ^À^Ý, â^À^ÜUnion of Veterans of War and Workâ^À^Ý,
â^À^ÜUnion of Veterans of Artsakh Warâ^À^Ý and youth organizations
â^À^Ó organized an action of protest against the terrorist act in
Beslan. The march of protest started at the Stepan Shahoumian park at
08:00 PM. With posters and slogans such as â^À^ÜDown with terrorâ^À^Ý ,
â^À^ÜDeath to terroristsâ^À^Ý, â^À^ÜNo to terrorâ^À^Ý, â^À^ÜBeslan,
weâ^À^Ùre with youâ^À^Ý the participants of the march moved to
the town memorial complex where the protest action continued. The
chairman of the organization â^À^ÜMaternityâ^À^Ý Hasmik Mikaelian
mentioned in her speech that the people of Artsakh who went through
the bloodshed and pogroms in Sumgait, Getashen, Martunashen, Baku and
other places in Azerbaijan can understand the pain and tragedy of the
people of Beslan. The action of protest was organized at the memorial
complex for the reason that the memorial to the innocent victims of
the massacres in Sumgait and the memorial stones of azatamartiks of
Artsakh are here. â^À^ÜDue to the humanism of hundreds of thousands
people of the world and heroism of medical workers many people who
suffered during the terrible actions in Beslan return to life. We
mourn for the innocent victims and receive any news about those who
are returned to life with tears. We send the warmth of our hearts to
the children of Beslan and invite them to our highlands of longevity,
to learn in our schools,â^À^Ý said H. Mikaelian. The participants
of the protest meeting presented a message to the people of the
Russian Federation. The message runs, â^À^ÜWe the inhabitants of
the town Stepanakert, as a sign of protest against the monstrous
terrorist action at school N1 of the town Beslan of North Osetia,
Russian Federation, and in commemoration of the hundreds of innocent
children and their parents who fell victim to this action today
we have come out to an all-town meeting â^À^Ó march called by the
NKR public organizations. We are extremely indignant of the inhuman
actions of the undertakers, organizers and participants of the action,
and despite its motives we consider it a monstrous crime against the
right of the humanity and especially its younger generation to live. We
the people of Stepanakert who not long ago experienced the great pain
and bitterness of loss of relatives, among them schooling age children
during the massacres of the peaceful Armenian population in Sumgait,
Baku, Kirovabad and other places in Azerbaijan in 1988-1990, as well
as during the military actions against Nagorni Karabakh, are fully
conscious of the horror and tragedy of what happened in Beslan. We
are sorrowful for the martyrdom of the brave people who lent a hand
of help to the Beslan schoolchildren and the other inhabitants of the
town and express our condolence with the relatives of the innocent
victims, the people of the Russian Federation and North Osetia. At
the same time, we the participants of this protest action severely
condemn terror in the world.â^À^Ý