International Awareness CampaignJustice for Khojaly

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What did happen?

25Night from th 26to th …of February

Khojaly city came under intensive fire from the surrounding Armenian occupation forces. Joint Armenian and armed forces of the ex-Soviet 366th regiment occupied the town.

Under the extreme conditions, those that survived the siege moved into the darkness of night to be met at the middle of the route by an ambush of Armenian forces.

Horrific Atrocities

:Date February 26, 1992

:Place Khojaly, Azerbaijan

:Victims Civilians of Khojaly that were trying to flee the town

:Perpetrators Armed forces of the Republic of Armenia together with troop of Ex- Soviet 366 regiment

KHOJALY MASSACRE MEMO

Askeran

Khojaly

Agdam

Armenian soldiers and 366th Ex-Soviet regiment

Before the Massacre the town was blockaded from all sides by Armenian troops and there was given one humanitarian corridor to fleeing people.

Fleeing scared civilians were met by Armenian soldiers and 366th Ex-Soviet regiment by Askeran and start shooting at civilians with fired guns

Road from Khojaly to Agdam

Assumed Final Destination of fleeing people

Closest town to Khojaly

Fleeing people (IDPs) who are escaping from town to the direction of Agdam

VICTIMS

8 families were eliminated entirely 25 children lost both parents130 children lost at least one parent

25 children lost both parents130 children lost at least one parent

613 unarmed people massacred 487 injured 1275 taken hostage

o Facts “About 1,000 of Khojaly s 10,000 people were

massacred by the Armenian Army in Tuesdays attack” .

“BBC reporter (… ) claimed that he saw more than 100 bodies of Azerbaijani men, women and children as well as a baby who are shot dead from their heads from a very short distance” .

“ Muslim imam of the nearby city of Agdam had reported a figure of 580 bodies received at his mosque from Khojaly, most of them civilians. "We did not count the bodies. But the figure seems reasonable. It is no fantasy” Francois Zen Ruffinen, head of delegation of the International Red Cross in Baku”

o Source:

02. 03.1992

3 1992March

“ The Independent”

12 1992June

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA REFLECTION

1. SERJ SARGSIAN • 1992 - Armenian military field commander in Nagorno Karabakh• 2000-2007- Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia• - Present time President of the Republic of Armenia2. SEYRAN OGANYAN• 1992 - 2 366 Commander of the nd battalion of th regiment• - - -Present time Minister of Defense of self proclaimed “Nagorno

Karabakh Republic”3. ROBERT KOCHARYAN• 1992-1994 - - Chairman of the State Defense Committee of self proclaimed

- . Nagorno Karabakh Republic• 1998-2008 – Former President of the Republic of Armenia4. MONTE MELKONYAN • Former Head of the “ASALA-MR” (Armenian Secret Army for the

Liberation of Armenia) ,1992-1993 terrorist organization Armenian -military commander in the Nagorno Karabakh

CHIEF PERPETRATORS-WHO ARE THEY?

Genocide in legal termsThe international legal definition of the crime of genocide is found in Articles II and III of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.

Article II describes two elements of the crime of genocide:

“1) the mental element, meaning the "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such", and”

Incumbent President of Armenia : SERJ SARGSIAN

“ Before Khojaly Azerbaijanis thought that we (Armenians) are unable of killing civilians. In Khojaly we have broken this stereotype.” “ , Sargsian account in other Words suggesting

, , that the killings may at least in part have been a . – deliberate act of mass killing as intimidation ” concludes British journalist Thomas de Waal in

.his book on conflict

2) the physical element of the killing members of the group. A crime must include both

elements to be called "genocide."

“ As soon as he had arrived at Khojaly in response to reports of, fighting he had begun piecing together the story of the

, MASSACRE that had just wound down perhaps only an hour .before his arrival”

11.00 , 2.000 At about pm the night before some Armenian fighters , had advanced through the high grass on three sides of Khojaly

.forcing the residents out through the open side to the east

, 2007:Daud Kheyrian “For the sake of cross” Beirut…“ ... 100 the Armenian group “Gaflan” collected dead bodies of

( ) Turks Azerbaijanis and burned them in a place located one 2… kilometer from Khojaly to the West on March Then they

. have burned dead bodies It seemed to me that someone was … crying in fire between dead bodies ”

Markar: Melkonian “My

’ Brother s Road”

:Memorial Human rights Society

o , According to Burganski I the cameraman of “GOLFSTREAM”., 26 , association who was in Khojaly on February the most of peaceful

, civilians were killed as a result of mortar bombardment conducted by , subdivisions of defensive garrison but the reliability of the data given by

, Burganski is doubtful as the assault conditions described by the ’ .cameraman don t coincide with the information given by other sources

o / :Human Rights Watch Helsinki

" [ ] 366 . . Karabakh Armenian forces and the troops of the th CIS regiment. . -deliberately disregarded this customary law restraint on attacks Nagorno

Karabakh officials and fighters clearly expected the inhabitants of Khojaly to flee since they claim to have informed the town that a corridor would be left . . . open to allow for their safe passage the killing of fleeing combatants could

.not justify the foreseeable large number of civilian casualties ”

WATCH-DOGS’ REFLECTIONS

Civic tool for participation-CAMPAIGNING

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We put the power of people against the power of lobbies.

!TIME TO ACT

Justice for Khojaly

International Civil Awareness Campaign Launched by

o International Team

o , , ;Local national global coordinators

o ;Supporting individuals

o ;Supporting organizations

o ;Volunteers

usingo - Website . .www justiceforkhojaly org o Online Social Networks

o Mass Media tools

o -Recognition decision makers

RAISE YOUR VOICE FOR RECOGNITION

’ :CAMPAIGN S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

o Raising civil awareness of international community on suffered people in the Karabakh conflict and particularly disseminating historical truth about Khojaly Massacre perpetrated against peaceful Azerbaijani population on February 26, 1992;

o Achievement of legal-political recognition of Khojaly massacre in international level (by assemblies of international organizations, parliaments and etc.)

o Utilizing photos demonstrating human opposition to massacres and cleansing based on all forms of racial, ethnic or religious discrimination

Justice for Khojaly campaign

Called

Decide in the name of Justice

To recognize Khojaly Massacre as crime against humanity and fight injustice in the world

The main aim of Petiton is:• To appeal to world leaders to lead the noble cause of ensuring justice for those who

can’t anymore cry for it themselves;

• To appeal to representatives of peoples to live up to the fundamental principles of human dignity and support this moral cause;

• To appeal to head of states and governments in the name of humanity to openly (verbally or by written statement) and properly recognize Khojaly massacre as crime against humanity and call to bring Khojaly perpetrators to justice.

PETITON TO WORLD LEADERS

WHO, WHERE, WHAT,HOW?COORDINATORS are Activists who support, promote and publicize Justice for Khojaly campaign in the county of residence on voluntary basis;

GLOBAL, NATIONAL and REGIONAL coordinators are functioning to crate their local JFK communities by using social networks, Mass media means and organizational capacities;

Coordinators organize their events such as exhibitions, lectures, rallies, seminars, presentations to share out truth about Khojaly massacre and endeavor to achieve objectives of the Campaign;

The Campaign supports coordinators to organize events in the respective organizations, at national landmark venues, headquarters of international organizations, and at the side of international events.

COORDINATORS

1. BECOME A MEMBERRegister at the Campaign website and Facebook page, become a member; stay up to date on Campaign news; and get involved in the events; 2. CREATE AND SHARE YOUR IMAGE MESSAGEGenerating your own photo/image or message that reflects the Campaign theme at the Campaign website; 3. EXPRESS YOURSELFSend a letter or essay about your experience learning about Khojaly and/or campaigning toward justice for Khojaly; 4. PETITION THE WORLD LEADERSSign the petition and send short messages at the Campaign website to head of states and parliaments and request them to decide in the name of Justice; 5. GO TO THE MEDIAHighlight aims and publicize narratives of the Campaign in local, national and international media

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