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ARMENIANS TO CONDUCT DEMONSTRATIONS IN NEW YORK AGAINST TURKEY'S POLICY OF DENIAL
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
YEREVAN
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 7, ARMENPRESS: Atrocities committed against the
Armenian people during World War I opened the door to grave breaches
of international law.
Armenian advocacy groups in the United States announced plans
for demonstrations in New York later this year. The theme of the
commemoration is that Turkey is guilty of genocide and "denying the
undeniable is a crime," Armenpress reports citing UPI.com.
A bill passed by the French Senate last month would impose a sentence
of a year in prison and a fine of more than $58,000 on those found
guilty of denying any officially recognized genocide.
Dennis Papazian, an official with the advocacy group Knights of Vartan,
said in a statement that the World War I atrocities opened the door
for further transgressions.
"The Turkish government to this day continues to deny the reality of
the first genocide of the 20th century, the Armenian genocide, which
opened the door to all the genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries,
including the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur," he said.
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
YEREVAN
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 7, ARMENPRESS: Atrocities committed against the
Armenian people during World War I opened the door to grave breaches
of international law.
Armenian advocacy groups in the United States announced plans
for demonstrations in New York later this year. The theme of the
commemoration is that Turkey is guilty of genocide and "denying the
undeniable is a crime," Armenpress reports citing UPI.com.
A bill passed by the French Senate last month would impose a sentence
of a year in prison and a fine of more than $58,000 on those found
guilty of denying any officially recognized genocide.
Dennis Papazian, an official with the advocacy group Knights of Vartan,
said in a statement that the World War I atrocities opened the door
for further transgressions.
"The Turkish government to this day continues to deny the reality of
the first genocide of the 20th century, the Armenian genocide, which
opened the door to all the genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries,
including the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur," he said.