STEPANAKERT, APRIL 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The presentation of the "Maragha" disc recently took place at the Artsakh State University. It contains archive documents, photos, video materials, publications and evidences of eye-witnesses of the massacre of the peaceful population of the Maragha village, the NKR region of Martakert, by the Azerbaijani armed units. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the NKR Foreign Ministry, the disc was released on the initiative of Narine Aghabalian, the head of the "Tsir Katin" studio, journalist, and is dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the tragic events in Maragha. The NKR Foreign Ministry, "Against Legal Wilfulnesses Fund" and other organizations gave the archive materials in the Armenian, Russian and English languages. Representatives of the NKR authorities, society and journalists participated in the presentation. All the ones made speech emphasized the idea that with the level of depth, regour of the human tragedy, number of people subjected to violence and taken hostage, the tragic events of the village of Maragha have a special place in the chronology of the Karabakh national-liberating struggle and it is necessary to inform the world community about them. It was affirmed by comparison of different lists that 81 peaceful inhabitants were killed in Maragha, 67 people were taken hostage. The fate of many of them has remained unknown by now.

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