Category Archives: Armenian Genocide

Armenian Genocide Suit Tossed, Again, In Latest Circuit Appearance

SAN FRANCISCO (Courthouse News Service) — A California law that allows state courts to hear insurance claims by victims of the Armenian Genocide cannot stand, a full panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday, finding that the statute intrudes on … Continue reading

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Akçam at NAASR Talk Discusses Istanbul Trials Of Genocide Perpetrators

By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BELMONT, Mass. — Prof. Taner Akçam spoke to a packed audience at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) on the post-World War I trials of Genocide perpetrators in Istanbul and other … Continue reading

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Raymond Kévorkian, Author of History of Armenian Genocide, To Speak at NAASR

BELMONT — Historian Raymond Kévorkian will give a lecture, titled “The Armenian Genocide: Writing the Complete History,” on Wednesday, March 14, at 8 p.m., at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center, 395 Concord Ave. The lecture … Continue reading

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Prolific Young Scholar on Armenian Genocide in Holland

By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff AMSTERDAM — Ugur Ümit Üngör is one of a new generation of scholars emerging from Turkey who deal forthrightly with the Armenian Genocide. Assistant professor at the Department of History at Utrecht University in the … Continue reading

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Members of Congress, Armenian Assembly Urge Affirmation of Genocide as Clinton Statement Draws Ire

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and the Armenian Assembly expressed strong concerns regarding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s remarks on the Armenian Genocide at a town hall meeting last week, reported the Armenian Assembly of America.

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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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