The Sumgait Syndrome. Anatomy of Racism in Azerbaijan

“The Sumgait Syndrome. Anatomy of Racism in Azerbaijan”

MIA Publishers, 2012
By NGO “Against Xenophobia and Violence”

Sumgait is 26 kilometres from Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, and was home to some 18,000 Armenians in 1988. On 26 and 27 February 1988, demonstrations were organised in Sumgait under the slogan
“Death to Armenians!” What took place on the streets of Azerbaijan during the following three days has been referred to ever since with the horrific name of “Sumgait”.
The massacre of Armenians in Sumgait, February 27–29, were merely a continuation of the Azerbaijani authorities’ unswerving policy of racism towards Armenians and ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population, with unpunished killings and deportations.

Attachments:

• The Sumgait Syndrome. Anatomy of Racism in Azerbaijan (in English)
• Сумгаитский синдром: Анатомия расизма в Азербайджане (in Russian)
• Le Syndrome de Soumgaït: L’anatomie du Racisme en Azerbaïdjan (in French)

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Content

Sumgait. 27–29.02.1988

Baku. 13–19.01.1990

Maragha: A Contemporary Golgotha. 10.04.1992

Continuation of State-run Racism against Armenians in Azerbaijan