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Armenian Youth Federation
104 N. Belmont St.
#206 Glendale, CA 91206
Tel: 818-507-1933
CONTACT Alik Ourfalian: 818-507-1933
*New Generation Seeks Justice for Denied Genocide*
*Thousands of Protestors to Descend on Turkish Consulate on International
Day of Commemoration of Armenian Genocide*
WHAT: Protest Demanding Turkish and US Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
WHEN: Thursday, April 24, 2014; 4:00 - 6:00 PM
WHERE: Turkish Consulate of Los Angeles (6300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles,
CA 90048)
WHO: Armenian Youth Federation
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
April 24 marks the international day of commemoration of the Armenian
Genocide, which was conceived and carried out by the Ottoman Empire
beginning in 1915, resulting in the deportation of nearly 2 million
Armenians, 1.5 million men, women, and children being killed, 500,000
survivors being expelled from their homes, and the elimination of the over
2,500-year presence of Armenians in their historic homeland. On May 24,
1915, the Allied Powers of England, France, and Russia jointly issued a
statement explicitly charging for the first time ever another government of
committing crimes against humanity and civilization. And the actions of
1915 against the Armenians being the basis by Raphael Lemkin and the United
Nationals Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide, recognized the Armenian Genocide as the type of crime the U.N.
should present and punish through the setting of international standards
Less than a month ago, the United States Senate House Affairs Committee
passed a resolution regarding the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
showing that the acts were not that of only a century ago, but relevant
today. April 24 marks the day that all humanity must stand up and fight for
Genocide Prevention.
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Armenian Youth Federation
104 N. Belmont St.
#206 Glendale, CA 91206
Tel: 818-507-1933
CONTACT Alik Ourfalian: 818-507-1933
*New Generation Seeks Justice for Denied Genocide*
*Thousands of Protestors to Descend on Turkish Consulate on International
Day of Commemoration of Armenian Genocide*
WHAT: Protest Demanding Turkish and US Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
WHEN: Thursday, April 24, 2014; 4:00 - 6:00 PM
WHERE: Turkish Consulate of Los Angeles (6300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles,
CA 90048)
WHO: Armenian Youth Federation
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
April 24 marks the international day of commemoration of the Armenian
Genocide, which was conceived and carried out by the Ottoman Empire
beginning in 1915, resulting in the deportation of nearly 2 million
Armenians, 1.5 million men, women, and children being killed, 500,000
survivors being expelled from their homes, and the elimination of the over
2,500-year presence of Armenians in their historic homeland. On May 24,
1915, the Allied Powers of England, France, and Russia jointly issued a
statement explicitly charging for the first time ever another government of
committing crimes against humanity and civilization. And the actions of
1915 against the Armenians being the basis by Raphael Lemkin and the United
Nationals Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide, recognized the Armenian Genocide as the type of crime the U.N.
should present and punish through the setting of international standards
Less than a month ago, the United States Senate House Affairs Committee
passed a resolution regarding the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
showing that the acts were not that of only a century ago, but relevant
today. April 24 marks the day that all humanity must stand up and fight for
Genocide Prevention.
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