Category Archives: Armenian Genocide

France’s Genocide Law Put On Hold

By Suzette Bloch PARIS (AFP) — France’s new law punishing denial of the Armenian Genocide was put on hold Tuesday after politicians opposed to the legislation demanded that its constitutionality be examined.

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Study of Armenian Genocide Trials Relies on Irrefutable Documentation

By Daphne Abeel Special to the Mirror-Spectator This is an important book. Vahakn Dadrian and Taner Akçam, one Armenian, one Turkish, both noted scholars of the Armenian Genocide, have written a study of the Genocide trials conducted in the waning … Continue reading

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France Senate to Vote on Genocide Bill by End of January

PARIS (Guardian, Combined Sources) — France is set to vote by the end of January on a bill that would make it illegal to deny that the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks amounted to genocide, parliamentary and … Continue reading

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‘Grandma’s Tatoos’ Shines Spotlight on the Female Victims of Genocide

By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN, Mass. — Families are closest to one’s heart, or so goes conventional thinking. But what happens if there’s a member of the family who is so physically and emotionally detached that others either … Continue reading

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Sargisian Urges Turkey to ‘Repent’

MARSEILLE, France (RFE/RL) — President Serge Sargisian has urged Turkey to “repent” for the World War I era genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and expressed confidence that Ankara will eventually recognize them as genocide.

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Firm to Examine Armenian Genocide Fund Dispute

LOS ANGELES (Los Angeles Times) — An accounting firm will review 178 insurance claims as part of a deal struck in a case involving a multimillion-dollar compensation fund for descendants of Armenian Genocide victims, attorneys announced Monday. Continue reading.

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Erdogan Admission of Dersim Massacres Viewed in Yerevan as Courting EU

By Naira Hayrumyan YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow) — After the surprise announcement by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who apologized for the massacre of Kurds in Dersim in 1937 to 39, when, according to official figures, 13,000 were killed, a question … Continue reading

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Rice Brags about Killing Genocide Resolution in New Memoir

By Russell Berman WASHINGTON (The Hill) — Condoleezza Rice displays little love for Congress in a new memoir of her years in the Bush administration, recalling incidents of political grandstanding, personal attacks and temper tantrums.

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