NEW BUILDINGS TO BE ERECTED AT DEMOLISHED CHRISTIAN CEMETERY IN BAKU

Complete demolition of the cemetery in the Narimanov district in Baku made no sense, a human rights activist said. “The cemetery was demolished to use the territory as a ground for new buildings,” said Taisia Gordeyeva, the deputy chair of the committee of soldiers’ mothers. “They tried to justify the barbarism by construction of roads but, as a matter of fact, roads will take a minor part of the graveyard. Everything prompts that the territory is meant for construction of new buildings. But it will be a construction on human bones, for the remnants were not reburied properly,” she said, adding that a park should be laid out at the site, Day.az reports. In September 2007, Baku authorities decided to build a motorway through the Narimanov cemetery, where Armenians, Russians and Ukrainians were buried.

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Not long ago members of UNESCO were present in azerbaijan and were making statements regarding preserving azeri sites in Nagorno Karabagh. Why is not UNESCO doing something about the desicration of Armenian sites in azerbaijan. The double standards of this prominant institution is unacceptable. What is UNESCO doing about the demolition of Armenian Holy sites and KHATCHKARER in Nakhidjevan. It is important for the world to witness the double standards of this institution.
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Those buildings will not rise from the ground. That land is sacred ground. The Lord is my witness and so are those who read my comments.

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