Black January marked in Dresden

Baku, January 22 (AzerTAc). Germany-Azerbaijan Society headquartered in Dresden has organized a ceremony to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 20 January tragedy. The event brought together Azerbaijani diaspora representatives, members of Saxony parliament, officials of consulates general of Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan based in Dresden, as well as German public figures. One-minute-silence was observed in memory of the martyrs of the Black January. Addressing the event, head of “Alm.az” Society Agahuseyn Babayev gave detailed information about the tragedy. Sharing his views on Black January, Doctor Frau Veisgerber said as Azerbaijan was in the information blockade at that time, some circles were trying to take advantage of this situation to cover up their ugly deeds and to hide the truth from the international community. He added that in spite of all those efforts, photo and video documents featuring crime acts committed against Azerbaijani civilians by the then leadership of the Soviet Union were demonstrated to the whole world.