This has been a long, time time coming…
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted narrowly on Thursday to condemn as genocide the mass killings of Armenians early in the last century, defying a last-minute plea from the Obama administration to forgo a vote that seemed sure to offend Turkey and jeopardize delicate efforts at Turkish-Armenian reconciliation.
Because, [...]
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House panel says Armenian deaths were genocide
Armenian Genocide. Some background
Between one and one-and-a-half million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Empire in a mass extermination in 1915, now called the Armenian Genocide, that included death marches and prison camps.
It is widely acknowledged to have been one of the first modern genocides, as many Western sources point to the systematic, organized manner in which the [...]
Congressional Armenian Genocide resolutions are a cruel hoax
(Bill Paparian, former mayor of Pasadena CA, continues his guest posts on the continuing refusal of the US Congress to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide happened)
Adam Schiff, Howard Berman, and Nancy Pelosi are perpetrating a cruel hoax upon the Armenian-American community. And we have allowed them to get away with it. With a wink and a [...]
Won’t get fooled again: In pursuit of a new agenda for justice for the Armenian Nation
Guest post from my friend Bill Paparian on the betrayal of Armenians by the US Congress and Obama with their refusal to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide occurred. He is a former Mayor of Pasadena CA, Green Party Congressional candidate in 2006, and lawyer.
I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the [...]
French insurer pays Armenian genocide claims
So I guess they think it happened, eh?
Bush won’t block Armenian genocide resolution
This even though he opposes the resolution. Interesting. (Since it’s a resolution, there’s nothing to veto, but apparently he’s chosen not to pressure House Republicans to oppose it.)
Update: Here’s why. The Democrats, including Pelosi, are doing it for him.
House panel passes Armenian genocide resolution
It now goes to the House floor, where Democratic leaders say there will be a vote by mid-November. There is a companion bill in the Senate, but both measures are strictly symbolic, and do not require the president’s signature.
It should be noted that Bob Dole was the first member of Congress to put forward a [...]
Armenian genocide vote Wednesday
A Congressional committee votes tomorrow on whether to recognize the Armenian genocide. Adam Schiff (D-CA) from the heavily Armenian area of Glendale / Pasadena is a primary sponsor of the bill. Meanwhile Jane Harman (DINO-CA) has done another of her usual flip-flops to the conservative side by now opposing the bill she once supported.
Turkey is [...]
Armenian genocide was model for Nazis
Systematic participation of doctors in state terrorism began with the Armenian genocide in Turkey in 1915. Medical personnel were directly involved in the killings, often participating in torture. Behaeddin Shakir and Mehmet Nazim established extermination squads staffed by criminals.The Armenian genocide provided the template for the Nazi holocaust, leading to the most notorious example of [...]
Canada warns Turkey on Armenian genocide
The PM of Canada warned Turkey for criticizing the Canadian government policy of recognizing the Armenian genocide, saying this would not help in normalizing relations.
In Britain, 133 parliamentarians voted support for the Armenian genocide resolution.
In the United States, Congress remains mostly mute on the matter. Because while of course the US decries genocide in the [...]
Chilean senate unanimously recognizes Armenian Genocide
It’s long past time that the US Senate does the same. Make former Senator Bob Dole happy.
Bob Dole’s life was saved in WWII by an Armenian MD who survived the genocide and who told him about it. When Dole became a senator he brought forth a resolution every year to recognize the genocide. It was [...]
The politics of saying ‘genocide’
More than 90 years after the Armenian genocide, the U.S. is deadlocked in a humiliating linguistic debate.
The L.A. Times has an excellent backgrounder on why D.C. still refuses to call it genocide. The primary reason is they don’t want to upset Turkey where they have an air base, among other things. No matter that this [...]
Obama backs Armenian genocide allegations
“For those who aren’t aware, there was a genocide that did take place against the Armenian people. It is one of these situations where we have seen a constant denial on the part of the Turkish government and others that this occurred. It has become a sore spot diplomatically.” – Barack Obama
April 25 will mark [...]
Swiss convict Turk politician of Armenian genocide denial
A Swiss court found a Turkish politician guilty Friday of denying that mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 amounted to genocide, the first such conviction under Swiss law.
It was a token fine and a suspended jail sentence but still, this represents a major step forward in recognizing that the Armenian genocide happened.
A [...]
Turkish nationalist to stand trial for Armenian Genocide denial in Switzerland
Turkish nationalist, leader of the Turkish Labor Party Dogu Perincek will stand trial in Switzerland. The legal proceedings launched over violation of Swiss anti-racist law on the Armenian Genocide denial may cause tension in the Swiss-Turkish relations.
