Conference on Armenian pogroms in Baku held in Yerevan

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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.