FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Unified Young Armenians (UYA) has organized a protest at the Azeri Consulate for the 23rd Anniversary of the Sumgait massacres.
Los Angeles, CA February 25, 2011 – Pogroms, beatings and ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Azerbaijan escalated to inconceivable measures 23 years ago on February 27, 1988 in Sumgait. UYA has organized a protest to mark the anniversary of the Sumgait massacres and end the Azeri Genocidal Campaign.
On Friday, February 25, 2011 at 4:00pm UYA has planned a protest at the Azerbaijan Consulate located at 11766 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025.
Dozens of Armenians were killed, majority of whom were set afire alive after being beaten and tortured. Hundreds of innocent people recieved injuries of different severity and women, among them minors, were raped.
In his address to the Supreme Council of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region, a leader of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan Mr. Hidayat Orujev, stated days before the massacre of Armenians in Sumgait: "If you do not stop campaigning for the unification of Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia, if you don't sober up, 100,000 Azeris from neighboring districts will break into your houses, torch your apartments, rape your women, and kill your children." This same Orujev is currently the Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organization for the Republic of Azerbaijan.
UYA is a non-profit grassroots youth organization. It is non-partisan and non-religious. UYA’s goal is to encourage activism among the Armenian youth, while advocating justice and human rights. It upholds the power of knowledge and education. UYA’s mission is to serve the collective good and promote a world free of genocides.
Contact:
Milena Mailyan, UYA Public Relations
1110 Sonora Ave., Unit #106
Glendale, CA 91201
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