The Armenian Genocide of 1915 carried out by the Ottoman Empire is a historical fact. Despite Turkish denials, it is unanimously verified by the International Association of Genocide Scholars and accepted by nations that uphold moral responsibility above political gain.
Robert Fisk: Living proof of the Armenian genocide (Independent) - It's only a small grave, a rectangle of cheap concrete marking it out, blessed by a flourish of wild yellow lilies. Inside are the powdered bones and skulls and bits of femur of up to 300 children, Armenian orphans of the great 1915 genocide who died of cholera and starvation as the Turkish authorities tried to "Turkify" them in a converted Catholic college high above Beirut. But for once, it is ...
House committee calls Armenian killings a genocide (New York Post) - U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) and a Flushing home for elderly Armenians are calling on Congress to pass a resolution that would condemn a Turkish massacre of Armenians during the early 1900s as a genocide after a congressional committee approved the measure.Last week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee...
Jewish Lobby Sits Out Vote On Armenian Genocide (Forward) - Washington — Deteriorating relations between Turkey and Israel led Jewish groups to step back from active lobbying this year against a congressional resolution declaring the 1915 Turkish slaughter of Armenians a case of genocide.
Turkey still frosty with U.S. over Armenian genocide move (CNN) - Turkey will not send its U.S. ambassador back to Washington until it receives "clarity" on a measure that recommends the United States recognize the 1915 killings of ethnic Armenians as genocide, Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday.
