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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 27, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) Washington DC “Ani” Chapter organized a community protest marking the 35th anniversary of the Sumgait pogrom, and subsequent pogroms in Kirovabad, Maragha and Baku, and demanding the end of Azerbaijan’s 70-plus day blockade of Artsakh.
The protest took place outside the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington, DC.
The AYF Washington DC "Ani" Chapter-led protesters called on US President Joe Biden to stop US aid to Azerbaijan, and to stop a “second Armenian Genocide.”
The demonstrators chanted “Armenia wants peace, Aliyev wants Yerevan”, “We remember Sumgait”.
The protesters also blocked an Azerbaijani electronic billboard truck which was spreading fake information on the so-called “Khojaly genocide”.
In late February 1988, Azerbaijanis began a state-sponsored massacre of the Armenian population in Sumgait, which became known as the Sumgait pogrom.