By node I mean one of our human structures, be it state-based in the two existing Armenian Republics or organizationally based in the Armenian Diaspora. These structures attend to our various needs: athletic, community, economic, […]
Tell me, reader, is there anything more stunning—or revolting—than to walk into a room totally off guard and see your best friends and family all gathered? Yes, it’s one of life’s vagaries to which we’re […]
Insider Tips When I was writing The Shadow of the Glen some years ago, I got more aid than any learning could have given me from a chink in the floor of the old Wicklow […]
What started with a protest in Yerevan’s Mashtots Park two weeks ago has turned into an “Occupy” style presence in one of the few remaining public green parks in the city. The park is being […]
Bipartisan Group of Legislators Criticize Clinton’s Position as ‘Much Closer to Turkish Government than any other Senior U.S. Diplomat in Recent Memory’ WASHINGTON—The lead authors of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.304, Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and […]
Rep. Cicilline Offers Press Statement Marking Tragedy WASHINGTON—Representatives Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Howard Berman (D-Calif.), Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) offered U.S. House floor statements over the past week marking Azerbaijan’s pogroms and massacres […]
PARIS, France (A.W.)—French President Nicolas Sarkozy has asked the government to prepare a new law criminalizing genocide denial. The call came less than an hour after the French Constitutional Council issued a statement announcing its […]
PARIS, France—On Feb. 28, the French Constitutional Council deemed unconstitutional the Jan. 23 bill that would have penalized the denial of genocide, arguing that it curbs freedom of speech. The bill would have rendered punishable […]
The federal Court of Appeals issued a shocking decision last week. In a unanimous ruling, it struck down a California law that had allowed heirs of Armenian Genocide victims to sue life insurance companies for […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—More photographs emerged this week from anti-Armenian demonstrations in different cities throughout Turkey, including one at the Suleyman Demirel University in Isparta, where students chanted, “Mount Ararat will become your grave” and other […]
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