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NINETEEN YEARS AFTER MASSACRE /VIDEO/

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Upon the initiative of the "Refugees & International Law" civil society network a group of Yerevan civilians marched to the memorial complex to the victims of Baku in the Tsitsernakaberd. Today marked the 19th anniversary of the Baku massacre. The group laid wreaths and pinks on the complex.


"We want our grief to be audible worldwide. We want to inform the world that we haven't forgotten our innocent victims. We condemn Azerbaijan's stance and its misdemeanour," said Julieta Yeremyants, Chairwoman of the Ahazang" Armenian Refugees Association, Charitable NGO. "We have forgotten none of the victims, and today we are here to pay our respects to them," she added.


"We want to remind our authorities that refugees encounter problems and they are ignored today," said the network coordinator Elyanora Asatryan.


According to the network over 400 000 Armenians lived in Baku in 1990. Overally, 500 000 refugees have been exiled to Armenia from Azerbaijan.


"Our network has got about 35 000 applications from different angles of the world. The authors request the Armenian leadership to help recoup their material and moral losses. They also ask the authorities to give them lands in the liberated territories," said Mrs. Asatryan.


Note that many refugees still live in hostels.