U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) has condemned Azerbaijan's aggression against the Armenian population in Sumgait (1988) and Baku (1990), reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
"The 3-day massacre in the winter of 1988," said Rep. Schiff, "resulted in the deaths of scores of Armenians, many of whom were burnt to death after being brutally beaten and tortured. Hundreds of others were wounded. Women and girls were brutally raped. The carnage created thousands of ethnic Armenian refugees, who had to leave everything behind to be looted or destroyed, including their homes, cars and businesses."
The 23rd anniversary of the Sumgait massacres and the ensuing Azerbaijani onslaught against the Armenians throughout Azerbaijan, including the Baku pogroms of 1990, were marked worldwide with protests and observances held in Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Lebanon, Russia, Syria and the United States, in addition to Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh.
