Ed. Sharmazanov visits memorial of victims of Political Repressions
Eduard Sharmazanov, the Vice-Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly (NA), Head of CIS inter-parliamentary assembly observation mission, on December 10, with the members of the CIS IPA delegation, visited the memorial of victims of Political Repressions in Kyrgyzstan and paid tribute to the victims. The lawmakers highlighted the importance of condemnation of past crimes in order to prevent the new ones. The Vice-Speaker of the NA noted: “Today, on December 10, on the Day of Human Rights, we bow our heads before memory of innocent victims. Who else, if not we, the parliamentarians, must struggle for defense of human rights and fight against crimes! My nation, in the beginning of the century in the Ottoman Turkey and in the end of the century in Sumgait and Baku, became a victim of such crimes. Azerbaijan’s military aggression against Artsakh in April was a brutal violation of human rights. Today we must say our joint “NO” to today’s barbarians. This is the only true respect towards the innocent victims that are buried here.”
