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Azerbaijani community in UAE sends letter of protest to Euronews

21 December 2009 [09:21] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijan's community in the United Arab Emirates has sent a letter of protest to Euronews.
The letter reads: “After viewing the video report “Winds of change in Nagorno-Karabakh,” the Azerbaijan community would like to express our protest and disagreement with the false content that was presented by your journalists.

Euronews is a widespread channel that is viewed worldwide therefore you cannot falsify your duty and misinform the many people who view the information you present and accept it as truthful and factual. The facts presented in the video report were however, modified and untruthful in many parts.

An example of the false information is the statement that revealed that 95% of inhabitants of Nogorno Karabakh are of Armenian nationality. This does not match with the actual statistics of research, proving to be incorrect information known to the viewers who watched this report.

It is also displayed in a biased way, using the Armenian voice in order to reveal events that are biased for both countries that are undergoing the dispute in Karabakh.

Using only the Armenian people to tell this story is journalistically unethical and biased. Karabakh is the historical land of Azerbaijan. The Armenians annually celebrate their arrival to Karabakh by placing a monument to state their presence.

Another fact that displays the falsity and unprofessionalism of the information in the report is the statement that declared that Karabakh is not an occupied land.

The fact about the occupation of Karabakh by Armenians has been acknowledged by governments of various countries as well as the four resolutions made by the United Nations. Naming the occupant of a land that is not originally their own, a president of that named land, is factual crime. Karabakh is not a country of its own and naming a president for it is incorrect.

In addition, once again the religious question is brought up in this report, where Karabakh is named the “Christian” land. Azerbaijan is a Muslim country and the majority of their populations are followers of Islam. Karabakh, being a land that originally belongs to Azerbaijan, cannot be named Christian.

We demand changes to be made to this video report to correct all the errors made and all the false information being spread amongst the population of the world who have received distorted facts about the issue. If this request is not followed in the near future, Euronews will have to answer for their insult towards the nation of Azerbaijan in International Court.

We are awaiting your reply with the date of the updated video report about the roots and the true history of the Karabakh conflict.
Hope above is very clear.”

/AzerTaj/
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