Assembly's Statement On The 37th Anniversary Of Armenian Pogroms Committed By Azerbaijan

Assembly's Statement On The 37th Anniversary Of Armenian Pogroms Committed By Azerbaijan

Washington, D.C. - The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) commemorates the 37th anniversary of the Sumgait pogrom, which was a brutally planned and executed massacre against the Armenian population of Sumgait, a coastal city near the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan. The violence against the peaceful Armenian people was unleashed on February 27, 1988 and continued until March 1, 1988, as the perpetrators - armed with the addresses of Armenian resi…