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ARMENIAN STUDENTS HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ATROCITIES
Armen Adamian & Susan Aksu
Arcata Eye
http://www.arcataeye.com/2012/04/armen-adamian-susan-aksu-armenian-students-have-not-forgotten-atrocities-april-25-2012/
April 25 2012
Humboldt, California
The Armenian Genocide was the first noted genocide of the 20th
century. It occurred during WWI between the years 1915-1923, as
the Turkish government administered the deportation, expropriation,
abduction, torture, and massacre of the Armenian people within the
Ottoman Empire. It was the evening of April 24, 1915, when Turkish
officials began arresting Armenian community leaders and intellectuals
to be executed. The rest of the men would be subject to massacre while
our women and children forcibly walked to their death in the Syrian
desert. By 1923, the methodical reduction of Armenians within Asia
Minor was evident as the ancient Armenian communities of the region
were destroyed.
An international awareness about the Armenian Genocide was present
during the time of its occurrence through eye witness accounts from
American ambassadors, red cross volunteers, missionaries and news
papers. As the historical accounts and evidence on the matter are
irrefutable, present day Turkey denies that such a genocide occurred in
a series of systematic campaigns and threats against any one person,
group or nation who recognizes that the Armenians were victims of
genocide in the hands of the Ottoman Empire. In Turkey's penal code,
Article 301 it is illegal for anyone to insult Turkishness and by
using the word "genocide and Armenians" in the same sentence are
grounds for arrest. Several Turkish author's and historians such
as Taner Akcam who have spoken up about the Armenian Genocide in
Turkey have been arrested and sentenced for years in prison or are in
political exile. Hrant Dink, an ethnic Armenian living in Turkey was
a journalist who wrote and bravely spoke out against the treatment
of Armenians in Turkey and the denial of the Armenian Genocide, would
receive death threats constantly by Turkish Nationalist and even the
Turkish government. In 2007, Dink was gun down in broad daylight out of
his newspaper office,Agos. After the arrest of the gunman, two police
officers took their photo with him- smiling and holding a Turkish flag.
Turkey's attempts to silence and erase the memories of the Armenian
Genocide has made its way to the United States. Although forty three
states have officially recognized the Armenian Genocide, the United
States of America as a nation has not. Establishing the truth about
the Armenian Genocide has therefore become a significant strife for
Armenians and social scientists internationally. The idea that such
a tremendous crime against humanity can be dismissed, is a crime in
itself and therefore the proper acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide
is for the welfare of all people. For genocide didn't happen to just
the Armenian's; it also happened to Assyrians, Kurds, Jews, Bosnians,
the various peoples of Africa, the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Wiyott and
Cherokee, and this list is incomplete. Only when political powers can
acknowledge the atrocities they have committed against the countless
innocent and genius peoples of the world, the human race may advance in
evolution with a heightened sense of morality. We stand by the phrase,
"GENOCIDE NEVER AGAIN!"
August 22, 1939: While addressing his military commanders a week before
the invasion of Poland, Adolph Hitler orders "to kill without pity
or mercy all men, women, and children of Polish race or language,"
for after all "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of
the Armenians?" - WE DO, the Armenian Students Association of HSU.
Armen Adamian & Susan Aksu are members of the Armenian Students
Association of HSU.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Armen Adamian & Susan Aksu
Arcata Eye
http://www.arcataeye.com/2012/04/armen-adamian-susan-aksu-armenian-students-have-not-forgotten-atrocities-april-25-2012/
April 25 2012
Humboldt, California
The Armenian Genocide was the first noted genocide of the 20th
century. It occurred during WWI between the years 1915-1923, as
the Turkish government administered the deportation, expropriation,
abduction, torture, and massacre of the Armenian people within the
Ottoman Empire. It was the evening of April 24, 1915, when Turkish
officials began arresting Armenian community leaders and intellectuals
to be executed. The rest of the men would be subject to massacre while
our women and children forcibly walked to their death in the Syrian
desert. By 1923, the methodical reduction of Armenians within Asia
Minor was evident as the ancient Armenian communities of the region
were destroyed.
An international awareness about the Armenian Genocide was present
during the time of its occurrence through eye witness accounts from
American ambassadors, red cross volunteers, missionaries and news
papers. As the historical accounts and evidence on the matter are
irrefutable, present day Turkey denies that such a genocide occurred in
a series of systematic campaigns and threats against any one person,
group or nation who recognizes that the Armenians were victims of
genocide in the hands of the Ottoman Empire. In Turkey's penal code,
Article 301 it is illegal for anyone to insult Turkishness and by
using the word "genocide and Armenians" in the same sentence are
grounds for arrest. Several Turkish author's and historians such
as Taner Akcam who have spoken up about the Armenian Genocide in
Turkey have been arrested and sentenced for years in prison or are in
political exile. Hrant Dink, an ethnic Armenian living in Turkey was
a journalist who wrote and bravely spoke out against the treatment
of Armenians in Turkey and the denial of the Armenian Genocide, would
receive death threats constantly by Turkish Nationalist and even the
Turkish government. In 2007, Dink was gun down in broad daylight out of
his newspaper office,Agos. After the arrest of the gunman, two police
officers took their photo with him- smiling and holding a Turkish flag.
Turkey's attempts to silence and erase the memories of the Armenian
Genocide has made its way to the United States. Although forty three
states have officially recognized the Armenian Genocide, the United
States of America as a nation has not. Establishing the truth about
the Armenian Genocide has therefore become a significant strife for
Armenians and social scientists internationally. The idea that such
a tremendous crime against humanity can be dismissed, is a crime in
itself and therefore the proper acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide
is for the welfare of all people. For genocide didn't happen to just
the Armenian's; it also happened to Assyrians, Kurds, Jews, Bosnians,
the various peoples of Africa, the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Wiyott and
Cherokee, and this list is incomplete. Only when political powers can
acknowledge the atrocities they have committed against the countless
innocent and genius peoples of the world, the human race may advance in
evolution with a heightened sense of morality. We stand by the phrase,
"GENOCIDE NEVER AGAIN!"
August 22, 1939: While addressing his military commanders a week before
the invasion of Poland, Adolph Hitler orders "to kill without pity
or mercy all men, women, and children of Polish race or language,"
for after all "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of
the Armenians?" - WE DO, the Armenian Students Association of HSU.
Armen Adamian & Susan Aksu are members of the Armenian Students
Association of HSU.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress