“Unprecedented work regarding Sumgait massacre done since 2009”

“Azerbaijan is the only country that openly engages in neonazi and racist propaganda and uses misanthropic wordings contrary to international law, when speaking about the Artsakh problem resolution at the United Nations,” CEO of Against Legal Arbitrariness Foundation Ms. Larisa Alkaverdian said today at the discussion dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Sumgait massacre.

“Azerbaijan has not yet found a format that would clarify its position on the Sumgait massacre and made this country stop the process of glorifying murderers. Not only the international community, but also Armenia at the state level have not given an adequate assessment of what happened. The National Assembly has not adopted any document to specify our legislative body’s assessment of the Sumgait massacre.

The Sumgait massacre victims and their families have no special status. In legal parlance, they just died, whereas their families have no social, political, and legal protection,” she noted.

According to Larisa Alaverdian, in Azerbaijan racism is encouraged at the state level, with a whole generation being perverted, while we still conduct a passive policy.

At the same time she stressed that since 2009 the PR and Information Center of the President’s Administration has done unprecedented work in this direction.

“Unprecedented work has been done, including films, new websites, and opening archives. An unprecedented step forward has been taken in the information policy. When a link begins functioning at the state level, the results become obvious, but why are we 20 years late?” Ms. Alaverdian asked.