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Azerbaijani religious leaders have sent an appeal to world powers, parliaments, religious leaders and public and religious organisations of foreign countries.

The appeal was signed by the Chairman of Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO) Sheikh ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Bishop of the Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan of the Russian Orthodox Church Alexander Ishenin, head of the community of Mountain Jews in Azerbaijan Semen Ihiilov and the Roman Catholic Church in Azerbaijan Vladimir Fekete.

The appeal says that the Khojaly genocide to date has not been convicted at the international level and its organisers not punished.

"If humanity does not speak today in support of justice, tomorrow it itself will become a victim of injustice and treachery. So, appealing to the heads of world powers, parliaments, religious leaders, public and religious organisations, we call upon you to give a principled legal assessment of the aggression and atrocities of the Armenian extremists against Azerbaijan people and to recognise Khojaly tragedy as an act of genocide," the statement says.

This story is published by AzerNEWS Weekly under a project funded by the Foundation for State Assistance to the Development of the Media under the President of the Azerbaijan Republic.