Armenian lobby in USA presents photographs of the victims of Khojaly tragedy as "factual evidence" of the 1915 events

На русском:

Армяне в США представляют фотоснимки жертв ходжалинской трагедии в виде «фактов» событий 1915 года /ФОТО/

Armenian Propaganda aims to create an image of Armenians as “victims of “genocide” 1915 in Ottoman empire”. As opposed to impartially providing information Armenian propaganda is biased, with facts selectively presented, or uses loaded messages to produce an emotional response. False information and forgery are common tools used by Armenian propaganda. .

Here is an example of an article published by Armenian media, where the Azerbaijani victims of the Khojaly genocide were presented as Armenian “victims of genocide 1915 in Ottoman empire”. Khojaly genocide(1992) was perpetrated by Armenian military and gangs against unarmed civilians in the Azerbaijani town Khojaly (http://justiceforkhojaly.org/site/?p=quotation)

Azerbaijani community became aware of this forgery when Felix Tsertsvadze, writer and publicist, author of the book about Khojaly tragedy "Forgotten Genocide", wrote an appeal to Azerbaijani community and media and urged them to take action against falsifications which were spread by Armenians living in the State of Florida (USA).

In a letter sent to Azerbaijani mass media, the writer says that Armenian community of the state Florida published in New York in Russian newspaper "V novom svete" October 19-25, 2007, an article entitled "The Armenian Genocide - a fact", dedicated to the resolution recently adopted in committee of the House of Representatives.

Armenian lobby has presented as factual evidence the photo of “Armenian victims”. It turned out that very same photographs is a factual evidence of the Khojaly genocide – genocide, perpetrated 1992 by Armenian military and gangs against unarmed civilians in the Azerbaijani town Khojaly which claimed life of 600-1000 people (Human Rights Watch / Helsinki. Azerbaijan: Seven Years of Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. New York. 1994)

Below is the letter from Felix Tsertsvadze to Azerbaijani community:

"Dear friends! Armenian lobbyist Edward Pariyants made again an provocation… In the pro-Armenian American Russian-language newspaper "The New World" (19-25 October 2007, p.8) he published an article under the title "The Armenian Genocide - a fact." As factual evidence he presented a picture of children's corpses to give an impression that corpses belong to Armenians killed by Turks in 1915. However, in fact, the dead children on the photo are Azerbaijani children, young boys and girls, who were killed by Armenian bandits in the Azerbaijani town Khojaly. 

"It is unlimited impudence, shamelessness and cynicism to present Azerbaijani children, victims of Armenian terrorism in 1992 as Armenians, the victims of 1915. I beg you to use all your influence and every opportunity to tell to the world media about the Armenian sacrilege. In addition, encourage public entities to send an official protest to the newspaper "The New World," and demand an official apology with subsequent punishment.

In 2005, after my protests Edward Pariyants was dismissed as deputy editor, and he was not allowed to publish anything in this newspaper during two years. Now he came back and continues with provocative actions. The Azerbaijani non-governmental organizations must file lawsuits against both news paper and Pariyants under the laws of the State of New York. This case should become a lesson for other provocateurs".

The photo from an article "The Armenian Genocide - a fact". The article was published by Armenian community of the state Florida   and it presents  Azerbaijani children who became the victims of Armenian terrorism in Khojalu, 1992,  as Armenian victims of 1915

When the forgery was uncovered, the newspaper “V novom svete” apologized and made corrections.


Rizvan Huseynov (Translated by Samira Samadova)