From Congressman Adam Schiff’s Desk – I Rise Today to Commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the Pogrom Against the Armenian Residents of the town of Sumgait
I rise today to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the pogrom against the Armenian residents of the town of Sumgait, Azerbaijan. Beginning on February 27, 1988 and over the course of three days, Azerbaijani mobs assaulted and killed Armenians. The violence left dozens of Armenian civilians dead and hundreds injured, women and girls were raped, […]