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CAMPAIGN
Justice for Khojaly, Freedom for Karabakh
ABOUT KHOJALY

Khojaly was Azerbaijan settlement

situated within the administrative borders
of the Nagorno Karabakh region of the
country, on the road Agdam � Shusha,
Khankendi (Stepanakert) � Askeran
near the only airport of the region. Its
population constituted over 7 thousand
people. Because of its communication advantage of harboring the civil airport just
before the start of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict it had become shelter for refugee
Meskhetian Turks fled the bloody inter-ethnic clashes in central Asia as well as
Azerbaijani refugees deported from Armenia.

Late into the night of February 25, 1992 the city has become under the intensive fire
from the town of Khankendi and Askeran already occupied by Armenian forces. At
night from February 25 to 26 the Armenian armed forces supported by the ex-Soviet
366th regiment completed the surrounding of the town already isolated due to ethnic
cleansing of Azerbaijani population of its neighboring regions. The joint forces have
occupied the town which has been brought in rubbishes by heavy artillery shelling.
After all 150 people defending the town were killed by overwhelmed fire and by
superior forces of advancing army regiments the remaining handful of the town�s
defendants provided a humanitarian corridor for several hundreds of the town�s
residents to escape their homes.

Under the heavy conditions the towns� population moved into the darkness of night
to be met at the middle of the route by ambush of Armenian forces and militia. Several
thousands of fleeing civilians were ambushed at several points and being shelled by
bullet rain tried to find refuge in the near-by forests and mountains terrain. However
advances punitive teams of so called NK defense army after eliminating handful of
policemen accompanying the refugees column reached out unprotected civilians to
slaughter some, finish off others, having some bodies mutilated and scalped as the
notorious karabakh war trophies.

In a few hours of night from 25 to 26 February 613 civilians were killed including 106
women, 83 children. 56 people were killed with outrageous brutality, 8 families were
totally exterminated, 25 children lost both parents while 130 children lost at least one
parent in a massacre which has become the most brutal punishment of civilians during
the whole 3 years of the conflict�s military phase.
Khojaly in Photos

ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN

The International Awareness Campaign is initiated on 8 May 2008 by Mrs. Leyla

Aliyeva, General Coordinator of Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and
Cooperation under the motto of �Justice for Khojaly, Freedom for Karabakh�

The Campaign is aimed at raising international civil awareness through demonstration

of creative photos and images of suffered people in the Karabakh conflict and Khojaly
Massacre in particular and reaching out globally via Media, Internet and Live events.
Photos demonstrating human opposition to massacres and cleansing based on all
forms of racial, ethnic or religious discrimination, solidarity with the innocent victims
and suffering children of the Khojaly massacre; global call on removing the root cause
of the conflict - ending the aggression by the Armenia in the Nagorno Karabakh region
of Azerbaijan.

The Campaign is also aimed at raising awareness on grave situation of oppressed

people (due to total ethnic cleansing only Armenians remain at these territories) under
the military regime of occupation forces in Nagorno Karabakh and on necessity for
promotion of liberation of this ancient cradle of civilization.

Civil society organizations, social entrepreneurs and human rights activists as well as
all concerned individuals, can join and contribute to the campaign

1. 1. BECOME A MEMBER. Sign the Declaration of the Campaign and become

its member; be up to date on Campaign news; get invitation to the Campaign
events;

2. CREATE YOUR IMAGE MESSAGE. Generating your own photo/image

message reflecting the Campaign theme at the Campaign website;

3. EXPRESS YOURSELF. Sending the letter or essay on your experience on

learning about Khojaly and/or campaigning toward justice for Khojaly;

4. PETITION NOW: Sign up to the short messages at the campaign website to

parliaments, international organizations and world�s decision makers and demand
from them to act. Our web faxing technology will bring your message into the
decision makers� offices just by one click.

5. ORGANIZE YOUR EVENT. The Campaign will support you to organize

presentations, exhibition, lectures and other events (eligible to receiving technical
support from the Campaign) in your respective organizations, at national landmark
venues or headquarters of international organizations and at the side of
 international events.

6. GO TO MEDIA. Highlight aims and publicize narratives of the Campaign in local

national and international media

For joining the Campaign and/or receiving more information visit the Campaign
website at www.justiceforkhojaly.org or contact the Campaign (for sending
photo/image messages or any related information):campaign@justiceforkhojaly.org

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