Special for the Armenian Weekly PARIS, France—On Jan. 18, 2001, the French National Assembly passed a bill recognizing the Armenian Genocide. The first step towards recognition occurred in 1998. In fact, a private bill, inspired […]
Teenage Yazidi Girl Speaks to the Armenian Weekly about Life as ISIS Slave Special for the Armenian Weekly PARIS, France (A.W.)—Jinan is an 18-year-old Yazidi woman. She is married to Walid, 22. For two weeks […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly PARIS, France (A.W.)—On Aug. 2, Yazidis in Paris observed the first year anniversary of the start of the Yazidi Genocide on the Trocadero Esplanade, also known as the Parvis of […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly ISTANBUL (A.W.)—On April 24, 2015, Armenians from all over the world converged in Istanbul to commemorate the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide. In the sea of people, Sevag Balıkçı’s portrait […]
BELGIUM—A member of the Belgian Parliament, Mahinur Özdemir, was expelled from her political party on Fri., May 29, after she refused to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Özdemir refused to acknowledge the genocide during a Belgian TV […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly ‘France is working to pay off its debt to the Armenians for not having made every effort to save them and prevent their disappearance from the Ottoman Empire between 1918 […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly PARIS (A.W.)–French President François Hollande received Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Oct. 31. Erdogan decided to fly to Paris after Hollande’s decision to support the Kurds in the ISIS […]
STEPANAKERT– On Tuesday Sept. 2, the Republic of Nagorno Karabagh (NKR) celebrated its 23rd anniversary of independence. NKR President Bako Sahakyan, accompanied by an official delegation from Armenia including President Serge Sarkisian, visited the Stepanakert […]
August 30 has been designated as the International Day of the Disappeared. On this day, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on the international community to “show greater awareness” of the situation […]
In a statement published on Aug 18, 2014, the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) expressed concerns about the deteriorating health of human rights activist Leyla Yunus, held in an Azerbaijani prison. Leyla, 59, served as […]
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