{"id":65592,"date":"2013-02-16T08:24:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T06:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=65592"},"modified":"2023-07-26T11:46:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T08:46:20","slug":"we-petition-the-obama-administration-to-issue-a-proclamation-commemorating-and-recognizing-the-war-crime-of-the-khojaly-massacre-and-its-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2013\/02\/16\/we-petition-the-obama-administration-to-issue-a-proclamation-commemorating-and-recognizing-the-war-crime-of-the-khojaly-massacre-and-its-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"we petition the obama administration to: issue a proclamation commemorating and recognizing the war crime of the Khojaly Massacre, and its victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"petition-detail\">\n<div class=\"petition-detail petition-detail-margin-right\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65605\" alt=\"AZERI  bayrak\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/AZERI-bayrak.gif\" width=\"336\" height=\"364\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On February 26, the Azerbaijani-Americans and all friends of the U.S. Azeris Network will mark the 21st anniversary of one of the most horrific events of the 1990s, the Khojaly Massacre &#8212; the biggest war crime in ex-USSR in the second part of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>This crime against humanity was perpetrated and acknowledged by the president of Armenia.<\/p>\n<p>Several countries as well as the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Maine, Texas and New Jersey have introduced resolutions and proclamations commemorating the Khojaly Massacre.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of a group of Azerbaijani-Americans and our friends throughout the nation and the world, on the eve of the 21st anniversary of this tragedy, we hereby call upon you to help us commemorating Khojaly Massacre and its victims with a Presidential proclamation<\/p>\n<div class=\"date\"><strong>Created:<\/strong> Jan 26, 2013<\/div>\n<div class=\"issues\"><strong>Issues:<\/strong> Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, Human Rights<\/div>\n<div class=\"learn-more-about\">\n<div class=\"view-threshold-tooltip\">Learn about Petition Thresholds<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sig-num clearfix\">\n<div class=\"col-2\" id=\"sig-needed\">\n<h4>Signatures needed by February 25, 2013 to reach goal of 100,000<\/h4>\n<div class=\"num-block num-block1\">0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-2\" id=\"total-on\">\n<h4>Total signatures on this petition<\/h4>\n<div class=\"num-block num-block2\">116,617<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\" id=\"sign-this-petition\">\n<div class=\"col-left\">Sign this Petition<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-right\">\n<h3>A whitehouse.gov account is required to sign Petitions.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"why-overlay-text\">WHY?<\/div>\n<div class=\"buttons\">Sign In<\/p>\n<div class=\"or\">or<\/div>\n<p>Create an Account<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"clearfix\" style=\"float: left;\">If you&#8217;re logged in, but having trouble signing this petition, click here for help.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 26, the Azerbaijani-Americans and all friends of the U.S. Azeris Network will mark the 21st anniversary of one of the most horrific events of the 1990s, the Khojaly Massacre &#8212; the biggest war crime in ex-USSR in the second part of the 20th century. 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