‘Genocide’ Archives
Torchlight procession in Yerevan: Turkish flag burned
A torchlight procession on the occasion of the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was held in Yerevan on April 23 evening. Young people burned a Turkish flag, which marked the beginning of the procession. Despite the rainy weather, thousands of people are marching to the Tsitsernakaberd [...]
Rally and torchlight procession started in Yerevan
A moment ago, at 8:00 p.m., a meeting devoted to the 95th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide initiated by ARF Dashnaktsutyun started. Despite the bad weather thousands with banners and Armenian flags gathered near Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran) to protest against [...]
Ratification of Armenian-Turkish protocols to put end to international recognition of Armenian Genocide, Heritage leader states
The ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols will put an end to the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Raffi Hovannisian, Chairman of the Heritage Party, told a press conference. He stressed that the statement RA President Serzh Sargsyan made yesterday will, to [...]
Genocide meeting to be held in Moscow
April 24, “Armenian Genocide – crime against humanity” will be held near the Monument to 1905-1907 Revolution Heroes at 2:00 p.m. The event is initiated by Russian-Armenian Commonwealth and Union of Armenians in Russia. President of the Russian-Armenian Commonwealth Yuri Navoyan told that [...]
Armenian intellectuals call China to recognize Genocide
A group of Armenian art workers and scientists addressed Chinese Government urging to recognize Armenian Genocide, committed in Ottoman Empire in 1915. “We urge our friendly Chinese nation to join the world community with its powerful voice to recognize Armenian Genocide, denounce the interethnic [...]
Ankara conference on Genocide cancelled
Conference on Armenian Genocide that shceduled take place in Ankara was cancelled on April 21, The Armenian Weekly reports. According to the source, the symposium titled “1915 Within Its Pre- and Post-Historical Periods: Denial and Confrontation” will not be held after it faced “political and [...]
“Forgetting the past means not having a future”
"The genocide continues because Turkey's genocide denial is the completion of genocide," the Armenian Assembly of Europe announced today. The Swedish-based organization mentioned: "Those who call on us to forget the past and look toward the future, ignore the fact that forgetting the past means [...]
U.S. Senators urge Obama to recognize Armenian Genocide
“California Senator Barbara Boxer was joined this week by more than a dozen of her Senate colleagues in calling on President Obama &‘to stand on the right side of history and unequivocally affirm the Armenian Genocide',” Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) webiste reads. “We [...]
On Azerbaijan’s attempts to deny Armenian Genocide
This week the state propaganda machine of Azerbaijan has decided to “pay special attention” to the matter of denying the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. Since denying indisputable truth is the cornerstone of the Aliyev clan’s propaganda, the clan’s “humble servants” showed a [...]
Armenian Genocide to be commemorated in Kiev
A roundtable “Armenian Genocide: no right to oblivion” is to be held in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 23. Well-known Ukrainian political scientists, scholars, public and political figures, diplomats representing the states that recognized the Armenian Genocide will participate in the roundtable. [...]