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    Armenian National Committee of America
    1711 N Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20036
    Tel. (202) 775-1918
    Fax. (202) 775-5648
    Email [email protected]
    Internet www.anca.org

    PRESS RELEASE

    August 12, 2010
    Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
    Tel: (202) 775-1918

    ANCA WELCOMES LANDMARK COURT DECISION AGAINST GENOCIDE DENIERS

    WASHINGTON, DC - The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
    has issued the following statement welcoming the United States
    Court of Appeals First Circuit decision affirming a lower court's
    dismissal of the Griswold vs. Driscoll case. Spearheaded by the
    Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), the Griswold vs.
    Driscoll lawsuit sought to compel the inclusion of historically
    inaccurate Armenian Genocide denial materials in the Massachusetts
    education curriculum.

    Statement by ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian:

    "We welcome the Court's landmark decision rejecting profoundly
    hateful and misguided pressure on educators to teach Armenian
    Genocide denial in America's public schools. We are deeply
    gratified to have played a meaningful role, along with our partners
    in the Armenian Bar Association, Irish Immigration Center, Jewish
    Alliance for Law and Social Action, the Genocide Education Project,
    and the Zoryan Institute, in this major legal victory. We also
    want to especially thank Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr for
    their representation to ensure that America's schoolchildren learn
    the truth about the Armenian Genocide and all instance of man's
    inhumanity to man.'

    To read the First Circuit Court decision, visit:
    http://www.anca.org/assets/pdf/misc/griswold_first_circuit_decision.pdf

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    From: A. Papazian
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