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2015: 'An Inconvenient Genocide'
CivilNet TV
Published on Nov 18, 2014
Geoffrey Robertson, a prominent human rights lawyer and UN war crimes
judge recently published a book "An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now
Remembers the Armenians." He spoke to CivilNet's Maria Titizian from
London about the motivation for the book and expectations leading up
to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McZiRzY8Py8
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Geoffrey Robertson new book An Inconvenient Genocide
gagrulenet
Published on Nov 6, 2014
An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians? -
orderhttp://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/g...
The most controversial issue left over from the First World War - was
there an Armenian Genocide? - comes to a head on 24 April 2015, when
Armenians throughout the world commemorate the centenary of the murder
of 1.5 million - over half - of their people, at the hands of the
Ottoman Turkish government. Turkey continues to deny it ever happened
- or if it did, that the killings were justified.
This has become a vital international issue. Twenty national
parliaments have voted to recognise the genocide, but Britain
equivocates and President Obama is torn between Congress, which wants
recognition, and the US military, afraid of alienating an important
NATO ally. In Australia three state governments have recognised the
genocide (despite threats to ban their MPs from Gallipoli), but the
Abbott government has told the Turks that Australia does not.
Geoffrey Robertson QC despises this mendacity. His book proves beyond
reasonable doubt that the horrific events of 1915 - witnessed by
Australian POWs - constituted the crime against humanity that is known
today as genocide. In this book he explains how democratic countries
can combat genocide denial without denying free speech, and makes a
major contribution to understanding and preventing this worst of all
crimes. His renowned powers of advocacy are on full display, as he
condemns all those - from Sri Lanka to the Sudan, from Old Anatolia to
modern Gaza - who try to justify the mass murder of children and
civilians in the name of military necessity. -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4-Ie05cvk
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Geoffrey Robertson QC - National Press Club
ANCaustralia
Published on Oct 27, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrnDStBij_M
From: Baghdasarian
CivilNet TV
Published on Nov 18, 2014
Geoffrey Robertson, a prominent human rights lawyer and UN war crimes
judge recently published a book "An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now
Remembers the Armenians." He spoke to CivilNet's Maria Titizian from
London about the motivation for the book and expectations leading up
to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McZiRzY8Py8
###
Geoffrey Robertson new book An Inconvenient Genocide
gagrulenet
Published on Nov 6, 2014
An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians? -
orderhttp://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/g...
The most controversial issue left over from the First World War - was
there an Armenian Genocide? - comes to a head on 24 April 2015, when
Armenians throughout the world commemorate the centenary of the murder
of 1.5 million - over half - of their people, at the hands of the
Ottoman Turkish government. Turkey continues to deny it ever happened
- or if it did, that the killings were justified.
This has become a vital international issue. Twenty national
parliaments have voted to recognise the genocide, but Britain
equivocates and President Obama is torn between Congress, which wants
recognition, and the US military, afraid of alienating an important
NATO ally. In Australia three state governments have recognised the
genocide (despite threats to ban their MPs from Gallipoli), but the
Abbott government has told the Turks that Australia does not.
Geoffrey Robertson QC despises this mendacity. His book proves beyond
reasonable doubt that the horrific events of 1915 - witnessed by
Australian POWs - constituted the crime against humanity that is known
today as genocide. In this book he explains how democratic countries
can combat genocide denial without denying free speech, and makes a
major contribution to understanding and preventing this worst of all
crimes. His renowned powers of advocacy are on full display, as he
condemns all those - from Sri Lanka to the Sudan, from Old Anatolia to
modern Gaza - who try to justify the mass murder of children and
civilians in the name of military necessity. -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4-Ie05cvk
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Geoffrey Robertson QC - National Press Club
ANCaustralia
Published on Oct 27, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrnDStBij_M
From: Baghdasarian