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    The Leader
    April 11 2015

    Eight days in, man fasting for Armenian Genocide recognition remains positive


    Much more than ten pounds lighter but nevertheless in good spirits,
    Agasi Vartanyan gave a thumbs up Friday from his glass perch in
    Burbank exactly where he has lived on only water for the final eight
    days.

    Much more than ten pounds lighter but nevertheless in good spirits,
    Agasi Vartanyan gave a thumbs up Friday from his glass perch in
    Burbank exactly where he has lived on only water for the final eight
    days.

    &#x201cI feel seriously good. I&#x2019m comfortable,&#x201d he
    mentioned via a translator. &#x201cYou can't harm your physique in
    this way if you&#x2019re performing it for a trigger.&#x201d

    Vartanyan&#x2019s planned public fast of 55 days is meant to cast
    international focus on what he calls an injustice to the 1.five
    million Armenians who had been killed beneath the command of the
    Ottoman Turks starting a century ago this year.

    >From 1915 to 1923, Armenians were forcibly deported from their homes
    and killed as part of a systemic ethnic cleansing that also affected
    Assyrians and Pontic Greeks.

    Historians, scholars and human rights activists contact it the very
    first genocide of the 20th century. But the Turkish government
    maintains the deaths have been a result of betrayal and civil unrest
    in what was then a collapsing Ottoman Empire.

    Currently the issue remains politicized, with both the United States
    and Turkish governments refusing to get in touch with it genocide.
    Armenian-American activists have stated the U.S. government
    won&#x2019t officially recognize the killings as genocide mainly
    because it would hurt relations with Turkey, a NATO ally. Locally,
    Rep. Adam Schiff has taken up the bring about, hoping to push the
    Obama administration to officially acknowledge it as a genocide.

    Vartanyan, a Glendale resident, has stayed inside the enclosure
    constructed on a high platform outside St. Leon Armenian Cathedral in
    Burbank since April 3. Most of the front of the enclosure, which
    measures practically 12 feet by 12 feet, is a glass wall, allowing the
    public to see him day and night, although there is some privacy.
    He&#x2019s been offered 55 gallons of water, a couple of clothing, a
    lounge chair and a television.

    His story has not only attracted Armenians, but several other people
    who want to discover about genocides, mentioned Sokrates Karimian, the
    chief executive officer of the nonprofit Crimes Against Humanity
    &#x2014 Never Once again (CAHNA), which formed to raise worldwide
    awareness on genocides previous and present. The organization is
    supporting Vartanyan&#x2019s rapidly.

    &#x201cHis rapidly has not only mobilized Armenians, but persons from
    all walks of life calling for justice,&#x201d Karimian mentioned.
    &#x201cWe&#x2019re quite happy that we can educate individuals by
    means of his optimistic act.&#x201d

    Vartanyan once fasted for 50 days in 2006 although living in Russia.
    He mentioned he chose to quickly for 55 days to beat his personal
    record and mainly because he&#x2019s 55 years old. His wellness is
    getting monitored consistently by a doctor and nurse. He&#x2019s gone
    from 224 pounds to 213 pounds.

    &#x201cPeople are always stopping by and they&#x2019re so good sharing
    encouraging words. That raises my spirits,&#x201d he mentioned Friday
    by way of a translator. &#x201cPeople have been very kind and they
    guarantee to pray for me.&#x201d

    He said his determination to raise awareness about the Armenian
    Genocide is what keeps him motivated.

    &#x201cI&#x2019m doing this so that individuals who don&#x2019t know
    about the Armenian Genocide understand about this attempt to do away
    with a people today,&#x201d he said. &#x201cI want Turkey and this
    nation to acknowledge the genocide. That would make me satisfied if I
    played even a compact part in generating that come about.&#x201d


    http://www.thepicayuneleader.com/breaking/eight-days-in-man-fasting-for-armenian-genocide-recognition-remains-positive-h5024.html



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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