Paraguay parliament recognizes Khojaly Genocide

  21 December 2017    Read: 2859
Paraguay parliament recognizes Khojaly Genocide
The Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay’s National Congress has passed a resolution condemning the act of genocide committed in the Khojaly town of Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region and expressing solidarity on the occasion of the commemoration of the 26th anniversary of this tragedy.
The declaration notes that the Khojaly massacre was the biggest attack on the civilian population during the three years of the military phase of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“As a result, 613 Azerbaijanis, including 106 women, 63 children and 70 older people were killed, 1,275 others were captured for ethnic reasons, and the fate of 150 of them is still unknown. In addition, 487 Khojaly residents, including 76 children were injured. Twenty-six children lost both parents, whereas 130 children lost one parent,” reads the decleration.





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