BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 28. The Hamilton
Azerbaijan Society, located in Hamilton, Canada, held a
commemoration event on the 33rd anniversary of the Khojaly
genocide, a source in the State Committee on Work with Diaspora
told Trend.
The event gathered members of the Azerbaijani community,
Canadian public figures, students from McMaster University, and
representatives from 10 different countries, including Türkiye, the
UK, China, Korea, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Mexico, Canada, Serbia,
and Ireland.
The event began with the playing of the national anthems of
Canada and Azerbaijan, followed by a one-minute silence in memory
of the victims of the Khojaly genocide.
The head of the organization, Camila Shepherd, and the moderator
of the event, David Shepherd, provided the participants with
detailed information about the historical facts of the Khojaly
tragedy, the reasons behind the genocide, and its devastating
consequences for the Azerbaijani people, emphasizing the importance
of passing this tragedy on to future generations.
After the screening of the film “Khojaly: The Grief of a
Nation,” Korean violinist and maestro Robert, who is based in
Canada, performed the songs “Ay Lachin” and “Sen gelmez oldun”. On
behalf of the Hamilton Azerbaijan Society, maestro Robert was
presented with a book titled “The Gems of Azerbaijani Music.”.
Guests attending the event had the opportunity to familiarize
themselves with books about Azerbaijan and its history.
Participants were served tea and coffee in paper cups, each
inscribed with the names and ages of the children who were
mercilessly killed in Khojaly.
On the night of February 25–26, 1992, the Khojaly genocide—one
of the most horrific crimes against humanity in the past
century—was carried out by Armenia with extreme brutality against
Azerbaijani civilians.
On this solemn anniversary, the Azerbaijani people remember with
deep sorrow the 613 victims of this atrocity, including 106 women,
70 elderly people, and 63 children, whose lives were taken in a
single night.
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