Read the news stories from around the world
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Al Jazeera: US panel: Armenia killings genocide
TimesOnline: Pragmatism, politics and the festering wound of Armenian ‘genocide’
BBC News: US Congress panel accuses Turkey of Armenian ‘genocide’
CNN: House panel recommends calling 1915 Armenian killings ‘genocide’
Miami Herald: House panel approves Armenian genocide resolution
The Washington Post: Armenia-Turkey dispute over genocide label sets off lobbying frenzy
The Washington Post: House panel risks Turkey’s ire in approving Armenian ‘genocide’ resolution
Reuters: U.S. Armenia genocide vote looms, angering Turkey
Fox News: Obama Administration Urges Congress to Wait on Armenian Genocide Resolution
The New York Times: House Panel in U.S. Approves Armenian Genocide Bill
The New York Times: House Panel Says Deaths of Armenians Were Genocide
LA Times: House panel approves resolution recognizing Armenian genocide
Wall Street Journal: House Panel Approves Armenian Genocide Resolution
Please thank your US representatives for standing up for the truth. While we are grateful for this good news, when you read the articles (above), you can see the chances of this resolution going before Congress are slim and passage is even less likely. The White House and State Department have once again shown their fear of Turkey, even though the list of countries officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide include:
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Belgium
- Canada
- Chile
- Cyprus
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Lithuania
- Lebanon
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Russia
- Slovakia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Uruguay
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
These international organizations officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide include:
- European Parliament
- Council of Europe
- World Council of Churches
- Human Rights Association (Turkey)
- European Alliance of YMCAs
- Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal
- Mercosur
- International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)
- International Center for Transitional Justice
- Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
Make no mistake, the reluctance of governments, including the United States, Britain and Israel, to use the term ‘genocide’ has everything to do with politics rather than the facts. Each of these countries’ archives contain some of the most damning evidence of the crimes committed by the Ottoman Turks against the Armenians and humanity.
Please keep the pressure on and pass the word.
Do this in memory of your parents and grandparents and every Armenian who suffered because there was an Armenian Genocide. And, do this so the world will stop playing politics and will join together to stop Darfur and prevent future genocides.
Shame on a populace who kill and deny
They got all lands and belonging of innocent people, unarmed
Is this a humanity I ask?
They did and slayed one by one… with out asking their god.
My lands are still with them,
They killed my grandfather ‘Mihran’ and all his relatives and now they deny!
His Uncle was a famous lawyer in town–
Garabed Dabaghian, is this a lie?
I repeat, shame on populace who kill and deny,
I wonder…What sort of human they are ?