AYF Ani Chapter Chairman Sevan Yedigarian leads calls to #StopAliyev at the community protest in front of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Washington, organized the ARF Sebouh Gomideh in cooperation with the Soorp Khatch Armenian Apostolic Church.
Demonstration Part of Diaspora-Wide #ArtsakhStrong Advocacy Campaign
WASHINGTON—Armenian Americans from across the DC area gathered on Friday outside the Azerbaijani Embassy for a protest against Baku’s ongoing military attacks against Nagorno Karabakh. The demonstration was organized by Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Sebouh Gomideh, in cooperation with the Soorp Khatch Armenian Apostolic Church, and featured a strong showing of area youth from the Armenian Youth Federation, Armenian General Athletic Union (Homentmen), and the local Hamasdegh Armenian School.
The Armenian crowd of well over 150 rallied outside Baku’s diplomatic mission, just off of Washington’s famed Embassy Row, brandishing printed banners and chanting pro-peace messages. They were met by a small counter-protest drawn from the families of Azerbaijani Embassy staff – celebrating the Aliyev government’s brutal onslaught that that resulted in over 100 casualties on both sides, including the death of 12-year-old boy and execution and mutilation of an elderly Armenian couple in Talish.
Scenes from the community protest in front of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Washington, DC organized the ARF Sebouh Gomideh in cooperation with the Soorp Khatch Armenian Apostolic Church.
“We stood strong today at Azerbaijan’s Embassy in Washington – in concert with Armenians in cities across the globe who are protesting Baku’s violence – to send a powerful message to Ilham Aliyev to stop his aggression against Nagorno Karabakh,â€
