Topic: Genocide Recognition

The following is a letter dated February 3 to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan from Peter Balakian, the author of The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response, which[...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— Garo Paylan, the former member of parliament in Turkey and outspoken proponent of rights for Armenians and Kurds there, delivered a powerful speech on January 22 at the[...]

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger introduced two motions at the April 9 Board of Supervisors’ meeting. The first one was to commemorate Armenian Genocide[...]

By Vahan Zanoyan “When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.” —Oscar Wilde The cataclysmic events of the past four years have transformed the fate and prospects[...]

By Lilit Gasparyan BRUSSELS (Armenpress) — The Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has adopted a report on Turkey which also mentions the latter’s normalization process with Armenia. The[...]

WASHINGTON — The White House released the following statement on April 24, in honor of the commemoration of the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On April 24, 1915, Ottoman[...]

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Journalist, author and professor Maria Armoudian is focusing on ideas and actions in the quest for justice; she knows that one needs plenty of the former[...]

The death of Bob Dole, at age 98, on December 5, was a loss for American politics and a loss for those championing recognition of the Armenian Genocide. He was[...]

BERLIN — On September 21 Armenians throughout the world celebrated 30 years of independence for the Republic of Armenia. In official venues, like the Armenian Embassy in Berlin, the event[...]

Damascus (AFP) – Syria’s parliament on Thursday recognized the 1915-1917 killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians as genocide, as tensions run high with Turkey after deadly clashes in northwest[...]