STEPANAKERT (A.W.)—Around 1,200 members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) joined high-level officials and citizens in Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh) on Feb. 27 to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Sumgait anti-Armenian pogroms, which took place in 1988. […]
TORONTO, Canada—On Feb. 27, Armenian youth held a silent protest at a lecture, entitled “WWI 100th Anniversary: Human Suffering in Eastern Anatolia,” that featured genocide deniers Justin McCarthy and Bruce Fein. Organized by the Federation of […]
The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is building a community center in Mushkapat, a village in Artsakh’s (Nagorno-Karabagh) Martuni region. The project is co-sponsored by the fund’s French affiliate and the government of Artsakh. “In 2010, our […]
SKOKIE, Ill.—On Feb. 8, the second largest Holocaust museum in the United States hosted a symposium titled, “American Response and American Philanthropy,” in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. A crowd of nearly […]
To Tell the Truth Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children. … Oliver Wendell Holmes Irish Proverb It’s the deaf people that create the lies. […]
WASHINGTON—Members, alumni, and supporters of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) braved sub-freezing temperatures on Feb. 27 outside the Azerbaijani Embassy in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Baku massacres, condemn Baku’s ongoing anti-Armenian […]
Becomes 43rd State to Recognize the Armenian Genocide PIERRE, S.D. (Asbarez)—The South Dakota House of Representatives on Thurs., Feb. 26 passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide, becoming the 43rd U.S. state to do so. With […]
Condemns Baku, Sumgait, Kirovabad Massacres, Defends Artsakh’s Right to Freedom WASHINGTON— U.S. Representative Judy Chu (D-Calif.) took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today to commemorate the Sumgait, Baku, and Kirovabad massacres, condemn ongoing […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly While volunteering at the Montreal General Hospital, 17-year-old Anya Pogharian was fascinated by the dialysis machines. With her high school science fair around the corner, she found herself working on […]
The weather was nasty but that did not prevent Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian from fulfilling his mission to St. Gregory Church in North Andover. It was the 45th anniversary of this small congregation, located in the heart […]
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