BOSTON, Mass.—In an era of papal recognition of the Armenian Genocide, others have also taken a quantum leap forward in their quest for justice, including Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley. For the first time ever inside […]
Commemoration Held at Parliament Hill OTTAWA, Canada—More than 3,000 activists from across Canada gathered in Ottawa on April 24 to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and protest the Turkish government’s ongoing denial […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Asbarez)—Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles to protest Ankara’s continued denial of the Armenian Genocide and to commemorate the 101st anniversary of that crime. Citing the […]
George Clooney Presents $1 Million Aurora Prize to Barankitse at Ceremony in Yerevan YEREVAN (100 LIVES)—Marguerite Barankitse from Maison Shalom and REMA Hospital in Burundi was named the inaugural laureate of the $1 million Aurora […]
Protesters March to Armenian Heritage Park to Join Annual Commemoration BOSTON, Mass. (A.W.)—Hundreds of activists holding Armenian tricolors, posters, and banners held a protest in front of the Turkish Consulate in Boston on April 24 […]
Guanzhou, China (A.W.)—The Armenian community of China, commonly known as ChinaHay, organized numerous gatherings across China on April 24, including in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong, to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Armenian […]
Turkey Rights Group: Denial Perpetuates Genocide ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—The Armenian Genocide was commemorated on April 24 at Istanbul’s Haydarpasha train station. Participants held banners and photographs of the intellectuals arrested and killed in 1915, and posters […]
BOSTON, Mass.—Governor Charlie Baker was in his element Friday. And it wasn’t even an election year. In addressing a crowd of 275 at the Massachusetts State House, he reached out to an assembly of children seated up front, […]
STEPANAKERT, NKR (A.W.)—The youth of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) of the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) led a torch-lit procession in the capital of Stepanakert on the night of April 23. Crowds filled the city center, […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly A traditional torch-lit procession organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Youth moved from Yerevan’s Liberty Square towards the hilltop Armenian Genocide Memorial at Tsitsernakaberd late on April 23. Below […]
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