Azerbaijan, Baku, Apr. 14 / Trend M.Aliyev /
Baku hosted the screening of the documentary film, "Genocide," today in the English languae. The film depicts the atrocities committed by the Armenian Dashnaks against the Azerbaijani people March 31, 1918 in Guba. The film was prepared by the Public Association of the Eurasian Institute of International Studies, with the financial support of the Azerbaijani Presidential NGO Support Council. Etibar Mammadov wrote and directed the film.
The director's chief adviser, MP Ganira Pashayeva said the film s an important tool to prevent fraudulent Armenian claims about the "Armenian Genocide."
The film's Azerbaijani version was screened in late March.
In March 1918, Stepan Shaumyan's Dashnak-Bolshevik government seized power and launched a genocide against the Azerbaijani people. Under a decree signed by national leader Heydar Aliyev in 1998, March 31 is now marked as the Day of Azerbaijani Genocide. The Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) reported that the genocide that began March 24, 1918 lasted several days and resulted in the deaths of at least 700,000 people. During the March events, Armenians completely destroyed 75 Shamakhi, 122 Guba and 115 Zangazur villages.
Pashayeva said Azerbaijani NGOs play an important role in bringing the truth to the world.
"The work done by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and its President Mehriban Aliyeva may serve as an example for NGOs in this direction," she said.
"We will present this film in several U.S. cities, Georgia and Turkey on the eve of the Armenian activities in connection with the so-called 'Armenian Genocide' April 22-24," Pashayeva said.