ANCHOR:

Armenians around the world are calling for legal proceedings against the
instigators and perpetrators of the Armenian pogroms in Sumgait and Baku.
They say that those responsible for a wave of crimes against humanity were
released after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Armenia TV’s Paul
Chaderjian reports.

REPORTER:

Thousands gathered in Yerevan to protest the anti-Armenian hysteria being
promoted by officials in the Republic of Azerbaijan. At the center of
Azerbaijan’s malice is a border dispute with Armenia over a sliver of land
where Armenians have lived for centuries.

The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan can be traced back to Joseph
Stalin, who in an attempt to control the ethnic communities in the Soviet
Empire, placed the centuries-old Armenian region of Mountainous or Nagorno
Kharapagh under Azeri rule.

In reaction to talks of Armenian autonomy in Kharapagh, Azeris attacked
Armenians with the approval and support of local authorities.

What resulted were massacres of native Azerbaijanis of Armenian decent.
Hundreds were killed, tortured, burnt alive, stabbed with crude and barbaric
weapons, children were held over the open flames of stoves. More than 300
thousand Armenians were forced to flee Azerbaijan, but the world didn’t take
notice.

STAND UP: Rally organizers say the Sumgait massacres were never fully
acknowledged and addressed by Soviet authorities. Further, they say, those
who orchestrated and carried out these brutal and barbaric attacks were
never punished by the courts.

It took the Red Army three days to march into Sumgait and put a stop to the
violence, but violence broke out in other Azerbaijani cities and forced
Armenians in Kharapagh to defend themselves.

For 18 years now, Armenia’s government has been trying to find a diplomatic
solution to the Armenian Republic of Nagorno Kharapagh’s referendum to break
away from Azerbaijan and be part of Armenia. As recent as a few weeks ago,
another meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, failed to
achieve any results.

Adding insult to injury, an Azerbaijani political party awarded its man of
the year award to an Azeri solider who hacked to death and decapitated an
Armenian officer attending a NATO peace conference in Hungary.

Armenians are asking Azerbaijanis to stop the desecration, destruction and
vandalism of ancient Armenian holy sites, cross stones and cemeteries.

For the CNN World Report, Paul Chaderjian, Armenia TV

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Following is the rundown for this weekend’s CNN World Report, scheduled to
air on Saturday, March 11 and Sunday, March 12:

– Africa, Europe, & the Middle East:

Saturday:
06:30A CET/12:30A Eastern Time – Program A
15:30P CET/09:30A Eastern Time – Program A
05:30A CET/11:30P Eastern Time- Program A

Sunday:
05:30A CET/11:30P Eastern Time – Program A

– Latin America:

Saturday:
02:30A Buenos Aires/12:30A Eastern Time – Program A
11:30A Buenos Aires/09:30A Eastern Time – Program A
01:30A Buenos Aires (Sunday)/11:30P Eastern Time (Saturday) – Program A

Sunday:
01:30A Buenos Aires (Monday)/11:30P (Sunday) Eastern Time – Program A

– East & South Asia:

Saturday:
13:30P HK, 11:00A New Delhi/12:30A Eastern Time – Program A
12:30P HK, 10:00A New Delhi (Sunday)/11:30P Eastern Time (Saturday) –
Program A

Sunday:
12:30P HK, 10:00 New Delhi (Monday)/11:30P Eastern Time (Sunday) – Program A

– North America & The US:

Saturday:
06:30A CET/12:30A Eastern Time – Program A
15:30P CET/09:30A Eastern Time – Program A
05:30A CET (Sunday)/11:30P Eastern Time (Saturday) – Program A

Sunday:
05:30 CET (Monday)/11:30P Eastern Time (Sunday) – Program A

PROGRAM A

EUTV, EUROPEAN UNION Row at the European Union Over Services Debate
ARMENIA TV, ARMENIA Rally Marking the 18-th Anniversary of the Sumgait Massacre
FUTURE TV, LEBANON Rug Made by Armenian Orphans in Lebanon Adores White House
IRIB, IRAN Iranian Artist Paints a Noble Portrait of Virgin Mary
UNTV, UNITED NATIONS UN Helps Indian Fishermen & India’s Rural Development
UGANDAN TV, UGANDA Uganda Masters Farming of the Deadly Tse Tse Fly
CCTV, CHINA China Helps Neighboring Laos Curb Its Opium Cultivation
TIANJIN TV, CHINA Destination: Shi’s Residence in Tianjin