Mexico Municipality To Remove Aliyev’s Statue From Central Park

MEXICO MUNICIPALITY TO REMOVE ALIYEV’S STATUE FROM CENTRAL PARK

11:42, 23 January, 2013

YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, ARMENPRESS. On January 23 the Mexico Municipality
made an official announcement and introduced the final decision about
removing Heydar Aliyev’s statue from the central park Paseo de la
Reforma of the city. As reports “Armenpress” citing the Mexican media,
among other things the municipality announced about the decision of
changing the signboard of “Khojali” monument, which is located in
Tlaxcoaque square, and the text depicted on the monument itself by
removing word “genocide”.

On January 20 the Commission for Human Rights of Mexico Federal Region
discussed the issue of removal of the Azerbaijani former president
Heydar Aliyev’s statue from the park. In accordance with the decision
of the commission Heydar Aliyev’s statue contradicts to the human
rights, as it was placed without consent of the residents of the city.

It was underscored in the aforesaid decision states that retaining
the statue contradicts to the human rights and memory of the victims
of violence.