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GENOCIDE RECOGNITION A vice president of the Bundestag discusses the bill in Yerevan

May 25, 2016 By administrator

recognation genocideThe German parliament is moving forward as it will discuss next week a bill to recognize the Armenian Genocide, has provided one of the vice presidents of the Bundestag Edelgard Bulmahn, during his visit to Armenia yesterday.

“It is intended that this document be adopted by the Bundestag on June 2,” Bulmahn said after talks with his Armenian counterpart Eduard Sharmazanov. “The resolution condemns, first and foremost, the deportations and massacres of Armenians and other Christian minorities of the Ottoman Empire. With this resolution, we wish to remember the victims of the Armenian genocide. “

“We will also condemn the infamous role of the German Empire, which was the main ally of Ottoman Turkey,” she added at a news conference with Eduard Sharmazanov.

The resolution was drafted by MPs representing the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), its coalition partner – the Social Democrats (SPD) and the opposition Green Party.

Bulmahn SPD member, discussed with Sharmazanov. The latter praised his “courageous” position on the issue.

German President Gauck described the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide in April 2015, on the occasion of the commemoration of the genocide in Berlin centennial.

The Bundestag debated a corresponding resolution at the time, but it was not ultimately adopted following telephone interviews the Turkish Prime Minister at the time, Ahmet Davutoglu, with Angela Merkel. Davutoglu asked the Chancellor to persuade the Bundestag not to “offend Turkey.”

Earlier this month, Ambassador of Turkey in Germany Huseyin Avni Karslioglu warned the Bundestag against the adoption of the resolution: “The role of national parliaments is not to judge history.”

As expected, Armenia has welcomed the draft German MPs. “We believe that by condemning the genocide of the Armenians and other Christian peoples in Turkey, we can prevent new genocides,” Sharmazanov said yesterday.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016,
Claire © armenews.com

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: Armenian, Bundestag, Genocide, Germany, recognation

Canada’s Trudeau Stays True to Genocide Recognition

April 23, 2016 By administrator

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

OTTAWA—In his inaugural year in office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a statement commemorating the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. In a statement dated April 24, 2016 which he shared with the Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC), Prime Minister Trudeau recalls resolutions of both the Senate and the House of Commons recognizing the Armenian Genocide and states that “[Canadians] preserve the memory of those who lost their lives, and those who suffered, during this genocide and pay our deepest respects to their descendants, including those who now call Canada home.”

“We are encouraged to see that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding true to Canada’s commitment to condemn acts of genocide, including the Armenian Genocide,” stated ANCC President Dr. Girair Basmadjian. “While the Prime Minister’s message reaffirms the Canadian government’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the need to prevent future genocides, it fails to condemn successive Turkish governments that perpetrated the Armenian Genocide between 1915 and 1923, nor does it condemn the ongoing denial campaign by the Republic of Turkey,” concluded Basmadjian.

The ANCC believes firmly that “Canada’s back” and as a world leader in promoting and protecting human rights and democratic values in other states should help Turkey acknowledge its past by condemning all forms of denial. The ANCC and the Armenians who have chosen Canada as home will continue to work with our government and elected representatives throughout Canada to ensure that future statements include condemnation of any denial by successive Turkish governments.

On the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Canadian Parliament designated April as Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month and April 24 as Armenian Genocide Memorial Day. On the 101st anniversary, the Prime Minister’s statement is an important part of the Canadian government’s commitment to remember and condemn past genocides and work to prevent future genocides.

The ANCC is the largest and the most influential Armenian-Canadian grassroots human rights organization. Working in coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout Canada and affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCC actively advances the concerns of the Armenian-Canadian community on a broad range of issues and works to eliminate abuses of human rights throughout Canada and the world.

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: Canada, Genocide, PM, recognation, Trudeau, true

Turkish rights groups demand recognition, apology for Genocide

April 20, 2015 By administrator

190875Human rights organizations in Turkey, under the umbrella group “100th Year – Stop Denialism,” have issued a statement on the threshold of the Armenian Genocide centenary, the Armenian Weekly reports.

The statement says:

“An indelible, massive crime was committed in these lands, 100 years ago—a crime that will remain irreversible, irremediable, and unforgivable. During the genocide of 1915, Armenians and other Christian peoples of Asia Minor, among them Assyrians and Rums, were targeted by a systematic politics of extermination, and destroyed along with their social organizations, economy, arts and crafts, and historical and cultural heritage.

Our initiative “100th Year – Stop Denialism” was established to commemorate the genocide on April 24, in Istanbul and Diyarbakır. The initiative brings together (in alphabetical order) the Anatolian Cultures and Research Association (Aka-Der), Human Rights Association (HRA) – Committee against Racism and Discrimination, Nor Zartonk, Platform for Confronting History, Turabdin Assyrians Platform, and Zan Foundation for Social, Political, and Economic Research. Our initiative is also supported by the Gomidas Institute (London), the Armenian Council of Europe, and Collectif Van (Paris), whose representatives will be joining us.

Shame and responsibility are the basis of the “100th Year – Stop Denialism Initiative’s” conceptualization of the commemoration. We believe that any commemoration of the crime of genocide on these lands will have to express the responsibility of genocide denial itself, and the shame felt by the descendants of the peoples who have had the opportunity for growth, development, and enrichment in the absence of–due to the absence of–the peoples who fell victim to genocide.

While this understanding constitutes the ethical core of our acts of commemoration on April 24, our concrete demands are for recognition, apology, compensation, and restitution.

Our initiative’s commemorations begin at 11 a.m. on April 24, in front of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts on Sultanahmet Square, where we will hold a moment of silence in memory of the victims. This building was known as the central prison in 1915; individuals from the Istanbul Armenian community, including intellectual leaders, were arrested in their homes, detained here, and then sent off to the Haydarpaşa train station.

After the moment of silence, we will begin our “Genocide March,” walking in silence from Sultanahmet to Eminönü, and then crossing over to Haydarpaşa by sea. The detainees of April 24, 1915, were deported from Haydarpaşa to the depths of the country—in actual fact, to their deaths. Here, our “Genocide March” will end with another commemoration.

From Haydarpaşa, we will proceed to the Şişli Armenian Cemetery to commemorate Sevag Şahin Balıkçı, who fell victim to a ethnic-hate murder on April 24, 2011, while on mandatory military duty in Batman, and express our support to the Balıkçı family in their pursuit of justice.

Before and after the events of the “100th Year – Stop Denialism Initiative,” the constituents of the initiative will participate in two other events. Representatives of the Armenian Council of Europe, who were invited to Istanbul by the HRA Committee Against Racism and Discrimination, will hold a commemoration on Beyazıt Square at 10 a.m. on the same day, April 24. Members of the HRA Committee Against Racism and Discrimination, human rights defenders, and activists against genocide denial will participate in the commemoration of 20 Henchak Party leaders and members who were executed by hanging on June 15, 1915–yet another mass execution, of symbolic import, during the period of the Armenian Genocide.

A protest march organized by Nor Zartonk will start out at 6:30 p.m., from Galatasaray Lycée and head toward Taksim Square, followed by a 100th year commemoration event led by the Platform for Commemorating the Armenian Genocide, at 7:15 p.m., at the Taksim end of Istiklal Street.

Concurrently, in Diyarbakır, the Human Rights Association Diyarbakır branch and the Gomidas Institute are jointly organizing a commemoration of Armenian and Assyrian victims in the ruins of Surp Sarkis Church at noon on April 24, with support from the Diyarbakır Bar Association and the Zan Foundation.

The struggle for genocide recognition and against denialism will end neither on April 24, 2015, nor on Dec 31, 2015. Until the state of the Republic of Turkey and the majority following official ideology recognize the crime and take steps toward compensation for the irreversible and irremediable losses, we will persevere in our pursuit of justice for the genocide victims of Asia Minor and for their descendants, who are dispersed around the world or who continue to live under the conditions of genocide perpetuated by denial.”

Related links:

The Armenian Weekly. Turkey Rights Groups Demand Apology, Compensation, and Restitution for Genocide

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide Tagged With: demand, groups, recognation, Recognition, rights, Turkish

US Congress members stress need for Karabakh recognition (Photos)

December 3, 2014 By administrator

Karabakh-recognation-1Nagorno-Karabakh Republic—or Artsakh—National Assembly (NKR NA) Speaker Ashot Ghulyan, who is in Washington, DC. on a working visit, on Tuesday met separately at the US Congress with congress members Linda Sanchez, Adam Schiff, David Cicilline, and US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce.

Ghulyan highly praised the American Congress members’ impartial and courageous stand with respect to the settlement of the Karabakh-Azerbaijani conflict.

The interlocutors reflected on the prospects for expanding Artsakh-US relations, underscored the development of political and economic ties, and discussed the avenues for implementing social programs.

Separately, an event devoted to the 23rd anniversary of the NKR’s independence was held on the same day at the US Congress.

The Congress members who delivered remarks at the event primarily stressed the need for the NKR’s international recognition.

Ambassador of Armenia to the US Tigran Sargsyan, and NKR Permanent Representative to the US and Canada Robert Avetisyan also addressed the event.

Ashot Ghulyan was the keynote speaker. He highlighted that the only way to establish lasting peace and stability in the South Caucasus is through the international recognition of the de facto independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, and its endowment with international security guarantees.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Karabakh, recognation, US

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