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    ACTIVISTS ASK CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE PLANNED WOODROW WILSON CENTER AWARD TO TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTER

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    May 20, 2010 - 13:47 AMT 08:47 GMT

    Citizens from across the United States are asking their Members
    of Congress to look into the controversial decision by the Woodrow
    Wilson Center to award Armenian Genocide denier, Turkey's Foreign
    Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, with their public service award, reported
    the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

    Through an ANCA Action Alert, Armenian American and other anti-genocide
    activists are expressing "profound anger and disappointment" over
    the Woodrow Wilson Center's plans to travel to Turkey to bestow the
    award on Davutoglu, who had recently openly threatened the United
    States against speaking honestly about the Armenian Genocide.

    "This award dishonors President Wilson's vision of justice for the
    Armenian nation," explains the letter to Senate and House members.

    "Mr. Davutoglu represents a government that, in its aggressive
    denial of the Armenian Genocide and ongoing obstruction of justice
    for the Armenian nation, makes a mockery of the Wilson Center and
    its founding commitment to fostering scholarship commemorating the
    ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson."

    The letter makes special mention that "Mr. Davutoglu leads a Foreign
    Ministry that reflects and actively reinforces the anti-Armenian
    hatreds and intolerances that fueled the Armenian Genocide in the
    first place," noting that the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC hosted
    a group of demonstrators who insulted and mocked Armenians gathered
    on April 24th, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, to mark the murder
    of 1.5 million men, women, and children, and the exile of a people
    from their ancient homeland.

    The Woodrow Wilson Center receives one-third of its annual funding
    from Congress. Senators and Representatives are being encouraged to
    "formally investigate this matter and to share [their] concerns on
    this deeply troubling development directly with the leadership of
    the Woodrow Wilson Center."
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