An Article titled "Khojaly Massacre still haunts Azerbaijan" was published on "The Washington Times" newspaper. The article was devoted to 20th anniversary of the tragedy.
The article also includes talks with massacre victims. "I don’t think there has been a day in the last 20 years when I have failed to recall the butchered and tortured corpses left behind in Khojaly," says 50-year-old Aloysat Gasimov, who was one of the first Azeri officials to arrive in the area after the Armenian and Russian soldiers withdrew.
Article author notes that life for shantytown dwellers is difficult, in part because the government’s modernization plans have skipped over them and in part because they continue to hold onto dreams of returning to Khojaly — now a political no-man’s land claimed by both Azerbaijan and Armenia — and so they do not make efforts to improve the situation where they live.
"This is not my land," says Figura Rustamova, a 42-year-old school director, gesturing around her small, plywood-framed home where the centerpiece is a large photograph of her older brother Furzoli, who was killed in Khojaly while trying to help older residents escape. "I am not connected to this land. I want to go back to Khojaly. When I die, I want to be buried next to my brother and my parents."
The article also includes talks with massacre victims. "I don’t think there has been a day in the last 20 years when I have failed to recall the butchered and tortured corpses left behind in Khojaly," says 50-year-old Aloysat Gasimov, who was one of the first Azeri officials to arrive in the area after the Armenian and Russian soldiers withdrew.
Article author notes that life for shantytown dwellers is difficult, in part because the government’s modernization plans have skipped over them and in part because they continue to hold onto dreams of returning to Khojaly — now a political no-man’s land claimed by both Azerbaijan and Armenia — and so they do not make efforts to improve the situation where they live.
"This is not my land," says Figura Rustamova, a 42-year-old school director, gesturing around her small, plywood-framed home where the centerpiece is a large photograph of her older brother Furzoli, who was killed in Khojaly while trying to help older residents escape. "I am not connected to this land. I want to go back to Khojaly. When I die, I want to be buried next to my brother and my parents."
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