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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


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