German journalistenwatch.com has underlined the caring attitudes of Armenians to Azerbaijani writer

YEREVAN, FERBUARY 14, ARMENPRESS: German journalistenwatch.com web site has referred to Azerbaijani violent position over writer Akram Ailisli, author of “Stone dreams” novel about Armenian massacre, with its article titled “Book burning in Baku. Armenians take care of Azerbaijani writer”. Armenpress reports, informational web site has included the statement of Central Council of German-Armenians, underlining the importance of its ideas.

“Central Council of German-Armenians urges Baku authorities and literary community of the world to support the writer and promote the protection of art freedom and belief. In his “Stone dreams” novel, Ailisli is condemning actions of his compatriots over Armenians in frames of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and, thus, is drawing parallels with 1915 Armenian Genocide. In accordance with data of International Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, all the books of the author, which once were called “creations of Azerbaijani greatest writer” by Aliyev, have been burnt in Baku. Crowd gathered in front of his house and threatened his life,” web site citied statement of Central Council of German-Armenians noted.

Journalistenwatch.com has also reported the statement of the head of Central Council of German-Armenians Azat Ordukhanyan, that Armenians of Diaspora are attentively watching the increasing aggression of Baku and the violations of the ceasefire on the borders by Azerbaijani armed forces.

Citing Ordukhanyan, German web site reminded that several months ago Azerbaijani murderer was extradited and transferred to Azerbaijan, where he was proclaimed as a hero. “And now- punishments against reasonable writer, who tries to break the official ideological taboo of his country. We care about the regional security,” journalistenwatch.com concluded its article citing Ordukhanyan.

The author, Akram Aylisli, is in trouble for his novel Stone Dreams, in which he portrayed scenes of violence carried out by Azerbaijanis against their Armenian foes during the riots that accompanied the break-up of the Soviet Union. What appears to be a coordinated campaign has been unleashed against him, with television programmes and official pronouncements railing against the writer.

On February 7 Aliyev signed an order to deprive Akram Aylisli of the title "People's Writer." A seventy-five-year-old writer was also deprived of his state pension.