More than 3,500 people were on hand at the picket.

Also, the peaceful protesters closed the street at some point, and they staged a spontaneous sit-in and blocked traffic.

In addition, the demonstrators observed a minute of silence in memory of the Armenian soldiers who fell in recent days while driving the Azerbaijani military aggression back, and of the killed Armenian civilians, including a 12-year-old boy.

A similar protest was held several days ago in Glendale, California.

The situation at the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone dramatically escalated in the early morning hours on April 2. From regular shootings and frequent sabotage-reconnaissance attempts, Azerbaijan switched to large-scale attacks all along the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact, using a variety of weaponry as well as artillery, armored vehicles, and air force. Both sides have suffered casualties.

On Tuesday at noon, however, the parties agreed to cease fire along the Line of Contact of between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani armed forces. Even though there are no direct battles since then, Azerbaijan continues to fire shots on a regular basis.

Photos by Raffi Bagdasarian