The memorial day named "Khojali is our blood memory" was held by Rithorika Universal Club on February 27, 2016 with participation of students and teachers. Firstly, the Martye"s memory were memorized for a minute.The rector of SSU, proffessor Elkhan Huseynov give wide  information about the merciless and cruel genocide in Khojali City. He mentioned that Azerbaijan has endured ethnic cleansing and genocide by Armenian nationalist-chauvinists for 200 years. The people of Azerbaijan were deported from their historical lands and became refugees and internally displaced persons because of Armenian occupation. Azerbaijanis were also forced from their historical lands during the Soviet period. 150,000 Azerbaijanis were deported from Armenia and placed in the Kur-Araz plain from1948-1953. 250,000 Azerbaijanis were forced from their historical territories in 1988 and Armenia became a mono-ethnical state. He also added in his speech that Armenian millitary forces commited genocides in the town of Khojaly with the population of 7 thousand people on februrary 26 1992. There were 3 thousand people in the town at the time of Armenian millitary forces" attack. As most part of the population had to leave town during 4 months blockade. 613 people were killed, 1000 peaceful people of different age became invalid during Khojaly genocide. 106 women, 63 children, 70 old men were killed. 8 families were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parents, while 25 both of them. 1275 peace residents were taken hostages, the fate of 150 of them is still unknown.The international company "Justice for Khojali" organized by the vice president of H.Aliyev Fund Leyla hanim Aliyeva forms many success work and remembers Khojali memory all over the world continously. The head of Azerbaijan History department associate proffessor Amirkhan Isayev noted that, the crime should not remained without punishment. Armenian millitary-political agression must be condemned by world community. International organizations, parlaments of the world states must give political-legal appraisal of Khojaly genocide - millitary crime, commited by the Armenian Republic in the Azerbaijan territories.
Translated by Zhala Mammadova.

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