Genocide of Azerbaijanis
March Massacre is marked as a remembrance of the genocide of Azerbaijanis at the hands of Armenian groups over a century ago.
Azerbaijan’s top human rights official issued a message ahead of March 31 – the Day of Genocide.
The people were burned alive in their homes by Armenian Bolshevik groups, along with murdering with special methods of torture and cruelty
It is one of the manifestations of Armenian vandalism committed against the whole of humanity. During these bloody events perpetrated in 1918, tens of thousands of peaceful Azerbaijanis were exterminated due to their ethnic identity being subjected to continuous genocide and the aggressive policy of Armenian nationalists.
The people were burned alive in their homes by Armenian Bolshevik groups, along with murdering with special methods of torture and cruelty.
The late President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev, declared March 31 as the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis in 1998 to keep the memories of thousands alive
The genocide of Azerbaijanis had been committed with special brutality in Baku city, the cities and districts included in the governorate of Baku, as well as in Shamakhi, Guba districts, Karabakh, Zangazur, Nakhchivan, Lankaran and in our other various regions; The peaceful population had been murdered en masse, the villages had been burned, and our cultural monuments, gravesites, and mosques had been destroyed by cannon fire.
Armenian nationalists intentionally and in the most brutal ways, 110 villages in Shamakhi district, 167 villages in Guba district, over 150 in Karabakh, 115 in Zangazur, and 98 villages in Kars province had been destroyed, burned, and in general, more than tens of thousands of peaceful population, including women, children and the elderly had been martyred on the ground of ethnicity and religious background.
The crimes of genocide committed by Armenians were based on a lasting, centuries-old hatred against Azerbaijanis, discriminatory policies and completely unfounded territorial claims
Some 199 villages had been destroyed in Iravan city, which is an ancestral land of Azerbaijan, and its surroundings and 132,000 Azerbaijanis had been martyred.
I am ending with the poem Martyrs of 1918 Genocide written by Mr. Muhammad Ali Pasha:
In 1918, a tragedy befell
Azerbaijanis faced a living hell
Genocide, violence, and hate
A dark chapter in their fate
Azerbaijanis were hunted down
In cities, villages, and towns
Their homes burned, their lives lost
As the Armenians’ hatred cost
Women and children, old and young
Slaughtered, tortured, and undone
Their cries of agony, unheard
As the Armenians’ hatred stirred
The blood of innocents spilled
As the Armenians’ rage was filled
Azerbaijanis’ dreams shattered
As their hopes and lives were battered
But despite this terrible plight
Azerbaijanis stood up to fight
For their freedom, their land, and their right
To live in peace, without any fright
Today, we remember those lost
Their lives, their dreams, their cost
And we honor the resilience and might
Of Azerbaijanis, who stood up to fight
