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Ottawa, Armenian community implores Turkish government to acknowledge role in genocide

April 25, 2016 By administrator

pro-armenia-demonstrators-were-present-during-the-march-forMembers of Ottawa’s Armenian community gathered on Parliament Hill on Sunday before marching to the Turkish Embassy in lowertown to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Armenian genocide and demand the Turkish government acknowledge its role in the deaths.

Historians estimate that as many as 1.5 million Armenians were killed starting in April 1915. Turkey denies the killings were genocide and contends those who died were victims of civil war and unrest. Turkey also insists the death toll has been inflated.

Hundreds gathered in Macdonald Gardens Park in front the embassy, with young and old waving the national red-, blue- and orange-striped flag while expressing frustration about “the Turkish government’s ongoing policy of denial.”

Meanwhile, barricades were set up by police to separate the Armenian protesters from the Turkish supporters, who also held national flags and signs that read “stop hating”.

Arden Sahakian, 55, said Turkey has to “right” the history books in order for the Armenian people to move on.

“The Canadian government has been recognizing (the genocide) slowly, and Canada has to make sure this genocide does not happen again,” said Sahakian, who said many of the Armenian demonstrators travelled from across Canada to take part in the event.

“The Turkish government killed a million-a-half Armenians,” said Koko Papaziam, 28, a Syrian refugee who has been living in Ottawa for two weeks. “This is why we are protesting against them, to recognize the genocide.”

with files from The Associated Press

 

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide

Ruben Vardanyan: What Obama says about my people is not that important to me

April 25, 2016 By administrator

default200YEREVAN. – The issue on the Armenian Genocide is the problem of the Turkish nation: They will have problems as long as they keep denying it, founder of IDeA foundation, benefactor and entrepreneur Ruben Vardanyan, who is also the co-founder of the 100 LIVES initiative, said at the press-conference Sunday.

Touching on the issue that the U.S. President Barack Obama promised but never uttered the word “genocide”, he said: “It’s not that important for me what Obama says about my nation. We say that we are strong, we are alive but we will never forget. We know that the annihilation of the families of my grandmother and grandfather was a genocide. I don’t care who says what”.

Vardanyan also stressed that this is not the issue of the U.S. and it has no double standards on the international platform. “The situation for the Turks is very tough, since the denial of the Armenian Genocide deprives them of the opportunity to move forward,” he added.

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide Tagged With: Obama, Ruben Vardanyan

Sputnik News: Sweden may cut Turkish association’s funding following racist epithets

April 25, 2016 By administrator

f571e1f5ca0f9a_571e1f5ca0fd8.thumbFollowing the latest controversies, Sweden’s Turkish National Association risks having to pay back millions of krona the union earlier received in government grants; competent bodies question whether the association can be considered democratic at all, reports Sputnik News.

On April 9, Barbaros Leylani, then vice president of the Turkish National Association, raised hell with a speech at a demonstration in Stockholm, where he announced his support for Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Also, a number of flag-waving members of the Grey Wolves, a Turkish supremacist, far-right and neo-fascist organization, were spotted at the demonstration.

“Death to the Armenian dogs! Death! Death!” Leylani shouted, among other things, according to Göteborgs-Posten.

Barbaros Leylani was forced to apologize and leave his post at the union. However, his confrontational statements are not the only thing that is now being investigated, according to Anders Hagquist, communications director at the National Agency for Youth and Civil Society, MUCF. Numerous minority organizations and former members of the Turkish National Association have formally criticized the organization’s texts and speeches for being “hateful.”

Despite the frequent complaints, the Turkish National Association has continued to receive state support of over half a million krona per year. According to the news portal Nyheter24, the state aid from MUCF (whose primary aim is to combat racism and promote integration in Sweden) amounted to 630,000 krona (roughly 80,000 dollars) last year alone. Now, MUCF may very see its funding cut, which spells doom.

According to the source, Union Secretary Yasin Ipek told Swedish Radio this would be a disaster for the Turkish National Association.

“We would probably go out of business and cease to exist as an association. We are neither racists nor fascists. You cannot punish the whole union because of one person,” he said.

 

Source Panorama.am

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide

Los Angeles (Video) Over 60,000 Rally for Justice for the Armenian Genocide 101 at LA Turkish Consulate

April 25, 2016 By administrator

A overhead shot of the more than 60,000-strong crowd at Sunday’s Rally for Justice at the Turkish Consulate in LA

A overhead shot of the more than 60,000-strong crowd at Sunday’s Rally for Justice at the Turkish Consulate in LA

LOS ANGELES—More than 60,000 people gathered at the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles to protest Ankara’s continued denial of the Armenian Genocide and to commemorate the 101st anniversary of that crime

Citing the Los Angeles Police Department numbers, the Los Angeles Times  also reported what organizers of the Rally for Justice, the Armenian Genocide Committee, estimated at the close of the event, which brought together the Los Angeles Armenian community.

 

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: 60 thousand, armenian genocide, Justice, rally

(Video) Millions of Armenians Around the world march on Turkish Consulate & Embassies, Demanded Recognizing Armenian Genocide

April 24, 2016 By administrator

Thousands of people around the globe took to the streets on Sunday to commemorate the 1915 massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, demanding that Turkey recognize the atrocity as genocide.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and First Lady Rita Sargsyan laid flowers at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in the country’s capital, Yerevan.

The event in memory of the victims was attended by Hollywood star George Clooney and renowned French singer Charles Aznavour, who is of Armenian descent.

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Sargsyan used the 101st anniversary to draw international attention to a recent flare up in hostilities in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The multi-ethnic enclave populated by Armenians and Azerbaijanis has been in political limbo since a conflict between the groups involving tens of thousands of casualties ended in 1994 with the region self-declaring independence. Turkish ally Azerbaijan, however, still claims it as its own, and has not backed off its intention to take back control of the territory.

“I declare for the entire world to hear: there will be no purging or deportation of the Armenians of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). We will not allow another Armenian Genocide. We – means the Armenian nation, all its segments, we – means our Armenian consolidation,” the president said in a statement.

Several thousand people gathered in Moscow carrying Armenian and Russian flags to mark the somber anniversary.

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“The memory of the victims of the genocide will live on forever,” read a huge black banner displayed in Russia’s capital.

A group of teens participating in a flash mob removed red bands from their mouths as an Armenian girl passed by in a symbolic gesture meaning that it is impossible to hush up the genocide any longer.

In Greece, hundreds of ethnic Armenians and sympathizers marched through Athens to denounce Turkey and slam Azerbaijan for allegedly escalating the conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

https://youtu.be/JA4BmYHnowE

The protesters marched to the Turkish and Azeri embassies in center of the Greek capital waving Armenian flags and carrying signs reading: “Truth will Triumph,”“Azerbaijan Land of Crimes,” and “Hands off Armenia.”

Meanwhile, thousands of demonstrators in Iran participated in an event at Tehran’s St. Sarkis Cathedral, in which they also urged Ankara to recognize the genocide of Armenians and condemned the recent uptick in hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

“Our demand is that Turkey recognizes the historical truth and accepts legal responsibility for it,” Karen Khanlari, an Iranian-Armenian lawmaker, told RT’s Ruptly video agency.

https://youtu.be/Hg0CnY9QGzY

In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, around 2 million Armenians were living in the Ottoman Empire, but that number decreased to less than half a million over the next eight years.

The mass killings began on April 24, 1915, when 250 Armenian intellectuals were detained by Ottoman authorities and later executed in their capital, Constantinople, which is now present-day Istanbul.

Most of the Ottoman Empire’s Armenians were subsequently displaced, deported, or placed in concentration camps, ostensibly for rebelling against the Ottomans and siding with the Russians during World War I.

Turkey – the successor of the Ottoman Empire – admits that many Armenians were mistreated at the time, but claims that the number of victims has been grossly exaggerated and that there was no “genocide” or official systematic effort to eliminate the Armenian minority.

Acknowledging crimes against humanity would not only damage Ankara’s international reputation, but also leave it liable for reparations, which some Armenian human rights groups estimate should be worth trillions of dollars.

On April 25 of last year, Turkey held a celebration to mark 100 years since the Gallipoli Landings, the Ottoman Empire’s greatest success in World War I, in order to distract attention from the 100th anniversary of the genocide, angering many in Armenia

https://youtu.be/KC75b7rXuF0

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: Armenian, armenian genocide, consulate, march, Millions, Turkish, world wide

Argentina marks Armenian Genocide anniversary

April 24, 2016 By administrator

210980Argentina marked the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on Saturday, April 23 afternoon, with the President of the Senate, Federico Pinedo, and Jorge Macri, mayor of Vicente Lopez, Buenos Aires attending the commemoration ceremony, Prensa Armenia reports.

President Mauricio Macri sent a letter regretting not being able to attend. In his letter, he called for “everlasting memory of the victims, convinced that only respect for the highest values and principles will lead them to the road of peace and encounter.”

Pinedo said in his speech that it was “essential to remember the Armenian Genocide and repudiate the facts and attitudes of persecuting others for belonging to other ethnic groups.”

J. Macri, in turn, thanked the Armenian community for “building Argentina.”

The Armenian ambassador, Alexan Harutiunian, announced that Armenia will give the City of Buenos Aires a statue of St. Gregory of Narek to be placed in the Armenia Square of Palermo neighborhood, as a symbol of friendship and gratitude to Pope Francis for having recognized the Armenian Genocide on April 12, 2015.

Also, in a speech on behalf of the Armenian community of Argentina, it was announced a request to the country’s authorities “to require the implementation of measures designed to support the peace process and avoid truce fighting and loss of life of civilians and military” in Nagorno Karabakh.

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide Tagged With: Argentina, Armenian, Genocide anniversary, marks

Cyprus President says Armenian Genocide “a disgrace to mankind”

April 24, 2016 By administrator

210984Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades condemned the Armenian Genocide, reiterating his government’s support towards efforts to have the crime recognized by the international community, Sigma Live reports.

“On the occasion of the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by the Neoturks, the Cypriot Government condemns the abhorrent crime which is a disgrace in the history of mankind,” Anastasiades said on Sunday, April 24.

“The Government expresses feelings of solidarity and sympathy towards the Armenian people, and, at the same time, supports the efforts for the recognition of the Genocide by the international community.”

On Saturday, House President Yiannakis Omirou addressed a gathering at Nicosia’s Armenian church condemning Turkey’s stance on the Genocide with their constant refusal to recognize it.

Read also:Cyprus parliament speaker slams Turkey’s Armenian Genocide denial

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Georgia: Rally staged outside Tbilisi’s Turkish embassy despite Municipality ban

April 24, 2016 By administrator

210989Despite recommendation of Tbilisi’s Municipality and the statement of Georgia’s Armenian community on shifting the venue for the annual April 24 rally from outside the Turkish embassy to the territory adjacent to the church of St. Echmiadzin, a group of protesters still staged a rally outside the embassy to express their constitutional right.

Earlier, Georgia’s Armenian community issued a statement saying, “considering the complicated situation in the country and the region, as well as the stance, request and concern of the Georgian authorities, the community resolved to abstain from holding a traditional April 24 rally outside the Turkish embassy. This year, by way of exception, the event will be held at the territory adjacent to the church of St. Echmiadzin.”

Photo: Hayk Sahakyants

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide Tagged With: ban, despite, embassy, Municipality, Rally staged outside, Tbilisi’s Turkish

Yerevan: Marguerite Barankitse wins inaugural Aurora Prize in Armenia

April 24, 2016 By administrator

210990Marguerite Barankitse from Burundi won the inaugural Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity on Sunday, April 24 evening.

Barankitse, from Maison Shalom and REMA Hospital in Burundi, saved thousands of lives and took care of orphans and refugees during the years of civil war in Burundi.

When war broke out, Barankitse, a Tutsi, tried to hide 72 of her closest Hutu neighbors to keep them safe from persecution.

They were discovered and executed, whilst Barankitse was forced to watch. Following this gruesome incident, she started her work, saving and caring for children and refugees. She has saved roughly 30,000 children and in 2008, she opened a hospital which has treated more than 80,000 patients to date.

World-famous actor, producer and director George Clooney had earlier arrived in Armenia to participate in the ceremony. He presented the award to Barankitse.

As she accepted the award, Barankitse said: “Our values are human values. When you have compassion, dignity and love then nothing can scare you, nothing can stop you – no one can stop love. Not armies, not hate, not persecution, not famine, nothing.”

On behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors, the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity will be granted annually to an individual whose actions have had an exceptional impact on preserving human life and advancing humanitarian causes.

The Aurora Prize Laureate will be honored with a $100,000 grant. In addition, that individual will have the unique opportunity to continue the cycle of giving by nominating organizations to receive a $1,000,000 award.

Barankitse plans to donate the award to three organizations in order to provide aid and rehabilitation to child refugees and orphans, and fight against child poverty. The organizations are: the Fondation du Grand-Duc et de La Grande-Duchesse du Luxembourg, Fondation Jean-François Peterbroeck (JFP Foundation), and the Fondation Bridderlech Deelen Luxembourg.

Armenian soprano Hasmik Papian and The Washington Post colomnist David Ignatius are hosting the ongoing awards ceremony.

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide Tagged With: Armenia, Aurora, Barankitse, inaugural, Marguerite, Prize, wins

New York Time: Despite Campaign Vow, Obama Declines to Call Massacre of Armenians ‘Genocide’

April 24, 2016 By administrator

Erdogan-obama-silenced(nytimes.com) WASHINGTON — President Obama declined on Friday to refer to the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide, breaking a campaign promise as his presidency nears its end.

Mr. Obama, in a statement to mark Armenian Remembrance Day on April 24, called the massacre the first mass atrocity of the 20th century and a tragedy that must not be repeated. Yet he stopped short of using the word genocide, a term he applied to the killings before he became president in 2009.

“I have consistently stated my own view of what occurred in 1915, and my view has not changed,” Mr. Obama said.

Armenian-American leaders have urged Mr. Obama each year to keep a pledge he made as a presidential candidate in 2008, when he said the United States government had a responsibility to recognize the attacks as genocide and vowed to do so if elected. Mr. Obama’s failure to fulfill that pledge in his final annual statement on the massacre infuriated advocates and lawmakers who accused the president of outsourcing America’s moral voice to Turkey, which staunchly opposes the genocide label.

“It’s a Turkish government veto over U.S. policy on the Armenian genocide,” Aram Hamparian, head of the Armenian National Committee of America, said in an interview. Referring to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Mr. Hamparian said “it’s like Erdogan imposing a gag rule very publicly and an American president enforcing that gag rule.”

Historians estimate that as many as 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks in an episode widely viewed by scholars as genocide. Turkey, a United States partner and NATO ally, denies that the killings constituted genocide and says the death toll has been inflated.

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Though Obama administration officials have debated using the genocide label in the past, this year’s deliberations come as Mr. Obama seeks Turkey’s assistance in fighting the Islamic State — especially along Turkey’s border with Syria. The United States and its European partners are also counting on Mr. Erdogan to help stem the influx of migrants to Europe.

If Mr. Obama felt pressure not to offend Turkey, he was not alone among world leaders. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has faced intense criticism for allowing the possible prosecution of a television satirist for reciting an intentionally offensive poem about Mr. Erdogan.

Mr. Hamparian said officials from the White House’s National Security Council and the Atrocities Prevention Board that Mr. Obama established told him on Thursday that labeling the killings as genocide would introduce uncertainty in the region during a time when Turkey is playing an important role in a number of matters. He said it was hypocritical for Mr. Obama to call every year for “a full, frank, and just acknowledgment of the facts” while refusing to acknowledge them himself. “It’s like, ‘You should do this, but I won’t,’ ” Mr. Hamparian said.

Mr. Obama’s calls for transparency about the massacre played a prominent role in his presidential campaign, held up by him as an example of the type of sorely needed straight talk about foreign affairs and historical events. Samantha Power, one of his campaign surrogates and now his United Nations ambassador, issued a roughly five-minute video imploring Armenian-Americans to vote for Mr. Obama precisely because he would follow through on his promise.

Representative Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said he was “gravely disappointed” that Mr. Obama would leave office with the campaign pledge unfulfilled. Mr. Schiff has introduced legislation calling on the president to urge Turkey to fully acknowledge the genocide.

“Remaining silent in an effort to curry favor with Turkey is as morally indefensible as it will be ineffectual,” Mr. Schiff said.

The White House issued Mr. Obama’s annual statement on the massacre while the president was in London but declined to comment on the matter.

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