Armenian Genocide

U.S. National Security Advisor Dodges Congressional Call on President to Honor Pledge to Recognize Genocide

James Jones Cites Protocols, Ignores President’s Promise WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Barack Obama’s national security advisor, James L. Jones, in a letter sent recently to a bipartisan group of 82 U.S. Representatives, failed to meaningfully respond to the specific concerns raised by [more...]

September 29, 2009 // 2 Comments

Gunaysu: The Impossibility of Discussing Giro Manoyan’s Comments in Turkey

On Fri., Sept. 4, the daily Taraf, the beloved newspaper of the democratic, anti-militarist, and liberal opposition circles in Turkey, including myself (despite several objections on certain issues and the language it uses from time to time), published an interview with Giro Manoyan, one of the top [more...]

September 11, 2009 // 10 Comments

International Conference on Genocide, International Law Concludes in Beirut

BEIRUT—A two-day international conference on “The Armenian Genocide and International Law,” organized by Haigazian University and the Armenian National Committee of the Middle East (ANC-ME), concluded on Sept. 4. A scene from the conference. The conference drew in 13 experts in genocide and [more...]

September 9, 2009 // 0 Comments

Khachatourian: Lawyers to Appeal 9th Circuit Court Ruling

LOS ANGELES—Attorneys representing the heirs of Armenian Genocide victims seeking life insurance payments on their relatives’ policies before 2010 will appeal the recent ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals before Sept. 10, attorney Mark Geragos told Asbarez last week. The ruling [more...]

September 2, 2009 // 0 Comments

Aghjayan: The Protocols: A Disaster for Armenian Foreign Policy

The announcement of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia this week has already received both positive and negative critiques from various circles. Unfortunately, the initial reaction has only touched on superficial aspects of the announcement. Tuesday’s [more...]

September 2, 2009 // 5 Comments

Flight from the Reich: An Interview with Deborah Dwork

Deborah Dwork Deborah Dwork is the Rose Professor of Holocaust History and Director of the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University. As the founding Director of the Center, she has given shape to a forum for Holocaust and genocide education and scholarship, [more...]

August 27, 2009 // 3 Comments

Gunaysu: Turkish Perception of the Recent US Court Ruling

Among thousands of news items showering down from international agencies, none of the Turkish dailies or TV channels skipped the news about a U.S. Federal Court of Appeals ruling against Armenian demands for unpaid insurance claims. Many headlines revealed a hardly concealed note of victory, [more...]

August 27, 2009 // 8 Comments

Haigazian, ANC-ME to Host Conference on Genocide and International Law

BEIRUT, Lebanon—From Sept. 2-4, an international academic conference on the Armenian Genocide and international law will be held at Haigazian University. Organized by Haigazian and the Armenian National Committee-Middle East, the conference will discuss the Armenian Genocide from the perspective [more...]

August 25, 2009 // 1 Comment

Turkish Group Pressures Google to Become Complicit in Genocide Denial

Launches Online Campaign to Reinstate Google Ads Misinformation Campaign WASHINGTON—On Aug. 11, the Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) launched an online campaign to pressure internet giant Google into complicity in its denial of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of [more...]

August 12, 2009 // 10 Comments

Balakian: Remembering Hrant Dink

The article below is based on a speech delivered by Prof. Peter Balakian during a panel discussion on the legacy of Hrant Dink held at MIT on Feb. 1, 2009. George Santayana, the philosopher who taught at Harvard for decades, wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat [more...]

August 8, 2009 // 2 Comments

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