Shorouk Express
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 30. A statement has
been sent to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in connection with the
January 20 tragedy, following a video conference titled “Bloody
January 20,” organized by the Gobustan Society of Azerbaijani
Intellectuals in Sweden, Trend reports via the State Committee on Work with
Diaspora.
According to the committee, over 100 participants of the video
conference, including members of the Gobustan Society of
Azerbaijani Intellectuals, Azerbaijani diaspora activists, and
families of martyrs from the January 20 tragedy, addressed a letter
to the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne
Frydnes, and committee members.
The statement protests the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to
Mikhail Gorbachev in October of 1990. It points out that the
decision to award the Peace Prize to Gorbachev, who is responsible
for the January 20, 1990, tragedy and whose hands are stained with
the blood of the Azerbaijani people, is unjust.
The statement emphasizes that there are sufficient legal grounds
to hold accountable the perpetrators of the January 20 tragedy. It
is noted that these actions violated the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, and other international legal conventions.
The statement also stresses the importance of overturning the
decision to award Mikhail Gorbachev the Nobel Peace Prize,
asserting that this would restore faith in justice and reinforce
the prestige of the Nobel Prize.
