DISC IS RELEASED ABOUT MASSACRE OF VILLAGE OF MARAGHA

STEPANAKERT, APRIL 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The presentation of the "Maragha"
disc recently took place at the Artsakh State University. It contains
archive documents, photos, video materials, publications and evidences
of eye-witnesses of the massacre of the peaceful population of the
Maragha village, the NKR region of Martakert, by the Azerbaijani armed
units. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the NKR Foreign Ministry, the
disc was released on the initiative of Narine Aghabalian, the head of
the "Tsir Katin" studio, journalist, and is dedicated to the 15th
anniversary of the tragic events in Maragha. The NKR Foreign Ministry,
"Against Legal Wilfulnesses Fund" and other organizations gave the
archive materials in the Armenian, Russian and English languages.
Representatives of the NKR authorities, society and journalists
participated in the presentation.

All the ones made speech emphasized the idea that with the level of
depth, regour of the human tragedy, number of people subjected to
violence and taken hostage, the tragic events of the village of
Maragha have a special place in the chronology of the Karabakh
national-liberating struggle and it is necessary to inform the world
community about them. It was affirmed by comparison of different lists
that 81 peaceful inhabitants were killed in Maragha, 67 people were
taken hostage. The fate of many of them has remained unknown by now.