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FRENCH MAYORS TO MARK ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ANNIVERSARY IN LYON
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April 24, 2012 | 17:56
LYON. - Lyon city Mayor Gerard Collomb along with Villeurbanne Mayor
Jean-Paul Bret, Decines Mayor Jerôme Sturlat, and Vaulx-en-velin
Mayor Bernard Genin will attended an event in Lyon honoring the
Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Turkish state in 1915, French
Lyon Capitale reports.
Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF)
has organized a remembrance day within the frameworks of the day on
genocides and crimes against humanity.
The world commemorates on April 24 the 97th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century.
Commemoration actions are held in all states, people remember this
monstrous crime against humanity as over one and a half million
innocent Armenians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire, while hundreds
of thousands were tortured and deported.
The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many states. It
was first recognized in 1965 by Uruguay. In general, the Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Turkey has already been recognized by Russia,
France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania,
Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada,
Venezuela, Argentina, and 42 U.S. states.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
April 24, 2012 | 17:56
LYON. - Lyon city Mayor Gerard Collomb along with Villeurbanne Mayor
Jean-Paul Bret, Decines Mayor Jerôme Sturlat, and Vaulx-en-velin
Mayor Bernard Genin will attended an event in Lyon honoring the
Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Turkish state in 1915, French
Lyon Capitale reports.
Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF)
has organized a remembrance day within the frameworks of the day on
genocides and crimes against humanity.
The world commemorates on April 24 the 97th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century.
Commemoration actions are held in all states, people remember this
monstrous crime against humanity as over one and a half million
innocent Armenians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire, while hundreds
of thousands were tortured and deported.
The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many states. It
was first recognized in 1965 by Uruguay. In general, the Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Turkey has already been recognized by Russia,
France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania,
Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada,
Venezuela, Argentina, and 42 U.S. states.
From: A. Papazian