CONFERENCE ON ARMENIAN POGROMS IN BAKU HELD IN YEREVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.01.2010 17:00 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Center for implementation of youth programs NGO
jointly with the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and student
councils of various Armenian universities organized a conference on
Armenian pogroms in Baku . Chairman of the Student Council of YSU
Tsolak Hakobyan, President of the Student Council of the YSLU after
Bryusov Hasmik Apyan, Chairman of Center for implementation of youth
programs Mihran Hakobyan, head of Assembly of Azerbaijani Armenians
Gregory Ayvazyan and others held speeches.

"We’ve decided that we must express their protest. These are only
the first steps: we will organize similar events throughout the
year. We need to inform the international community about the existing
situation. We are supported by the Prosperous Armenia party, ARFD,
and non-governmental organizations, " Mihran Hakobyan said.

On January 13, 1990, the Azerbaijani authorities instigated the
Armenian pogroms of Baku. Some 400 Armenians were killed and 200
thousand were exiled in the period of January 13-19. The exact number
of those killed was never determined, as no investigation was carried
out into the crimes.

On the above-mentioned date, a crowd numbering 50 thousand people
divided into groups and started "cleaning" the city of Armenians. On
January 17, the European Parliament called on EU Council of Foreign
Ministers and European Council to protect Armenians and render
assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. On January 18, a group of
U.S. Senators sent a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev to express concerns
over the violence against the Armenian population in Azerbaijan and
called for unification of Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia.