Libyan Foundation of Human Rights issues statement on Khojaly massacre
Baku, February 27 (AZERTAC). The Libyan Foundation of Human Rights has released a statement on the Khojaly massacre.
The statement says that on February 25-26 February, 1992, Armenian the Armenian armed forces and 366 motor-infantry regiment of former USSR committed an act of genocide against the population of the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly.
Some 613 people were killed including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old men. A total of 1000 civilians were disabled during the genocide. Eight families were killed, 130 children lost one parent and 25 lost both. Additionally, 1275 innocent residents were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 remains unknown.
The copies of the statement will be sent to the Libyan national congress and the U.N.
NGO Libya Human Rights was founded on November 11, 2011 in Tripoli.
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