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On February 26 at one of the squares of Prague, with the support of the Azerbaijani Embassy in the Czech Republic and in the financing of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation tents entitled "Past and Present of Azerbaijan" have been set, where, according to the information, the history and culture of Azerbaijan were to be presented.

As the representative of the Armenian community fro, the Czech Republic told Panorama.am, the day was not chosen by chance, and it was logical to think that there will be an attempt to present the Azerbaijani version of Aghdam events taken place in 1992, propagandistic material of completely anti-Armenian and racist nature.

These actions caused anger among a group of locals who approached the tents and called to stop the promotion of racism in Prague. As a result of skirmishes the Azerbaijanis were forced to remove their anti-Armenian materials and were confined to treating the passers-by with free sweets and tea.

Last year the anti-Armenian event held by the Azerbaijani in the Czech Republic was also disrupted. Thus, the representatives of the Armenian community entered the tents of the Azerbaijanis and started distributing their leaflets, including the organizers of the event. They also managed to photograph it all and in the same time to collect most of the Azerbaijani propaganda materials and to remove several stands. In the tents of the Azerbaijanis the Armenian activists began to tell the truth about the Aghdam events.

On February 26, 1992, during the war in Karabakh, around 200 to 300 people (according to Human Rights Watch, and 600 according to the version propagated by Azerbaijan) were killed in unknown circumstances near the city of Aghdam. They have been deliberately withheld by the Azerbaijani authorities in the midst of the military actions. Population of the village of Khojalu, which was one of the firing points shooting at the blockaded Stepanakert (among five others) was kept in the village for months by force and was not evacuated by the authorities of Azerbaijan deliberately, in order to use them as human shields later.

Residents of Khojalu coming out through the humanitarian corridor, that the self-defense forces of NKR had left open, freely passed more than 10 km and reached the Aghdam city controlled by the Azerbaijani troops. Later, not far from the positions of Azerbaijani troops dead bodies of the villagers were found. The exact death toll remains unknown as the official Baku publishes data contradicting each other. Parliamentary Commission investigating the tragic death of the civilians at Aghdam city was dissolved by the order of Heydar Aliyev, the investigative materials are kept secret.

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