102 years have passed since the genocide committed by the Armenian Dashnaks together with the Bolsheviks against the Azerbaijanis.
During the genocide committed in March-April 1918, tens of thousands of civilians were killed in Baku and other cities and districts because of their ethnic and religious affiliation, settlements were destroyed, cultural monuments, mosques and cemeteries were destroyed. The inhumane actions of the Armenian nationalists continued in Karabakh, Zangazur, Nakhchivan, Shirvan, Yerevan and other regions, and massacres, looting and ethnic cleansing were carried out.
The role of the Extraordinary Investigation Commission under the Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of Azerbaijan was great in the investigation of these tragic events and the revelation of historical facts. However, this process was stopped after the collapse of the Democratic Republic, and only 80 years later, the Decree on the Genocide of Azerbaijanis signed by national leader Heydar Aliyev on March 26, 1998 gave an adequate political assessment to these terrible events and declared March 31 "Azerbaijanis Genocide Day". Under the leadership of the President Ilham Aliyev, consistent and purposeful steps are being taken to bring to the attention of the world community the essence of this massacre and the policy of ethnic cleansing pursued by Armenians against Azerbaijanis throughout history.
On the anniversary of the genocide, electronic information boards at the Ministry of Justice display photos and video-slides about the atrocities committed by Armenians against our people from time to time, judicial officials have made statements in the press, this bloody action is said to be one of the gravest crimes against humanity in terms of statistics, scale and brutality in viewing the history of the tragedy.
Although many years have passed since this massacre, our people, including the judiciary, will never forget the bitter consequences of this terrible tragedy, which is incompatible with humanity, and will always honor the memory of the victims of the genocide.
