Azerbaijan
Children’s cemetery in Sumqayit
By Lala Aliyeva The children’s cemetery in Sumqayit is a dark reminder of the high level of children born with birth defects. The Sumgayit cemetery reveals the tragic story that was hidden for so long during the Soviet period. Dead babies don’t lie. “A mixture of strange feelings came over me when I first heard about the children’s cemetery in my home city of Sumgayit. Curiosity pushed me forward to learn more and I started to gather information and asked the older generations includin
