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THE KARDASHIANS AND POPE FRANCIS BRING ARMENIAN 'GENOCIDE' BACK TO FOCUS AFTER A CENTURY
International Business Times AU
April 14 2015
By Honey George
IN PHOTO U.S. television personality Kim Kardashian (L) and her
sister Khloe Kardashian (C) attend a flower laying ceremony at the
Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Museum in Yerevan April 10,
2015. Kim Kardashian, visiting her ancestors' homeland of Armenia,
placed flowers on Friday at a memorial to the 1915 mass killings of
Armenians by Ottoman soldiers. REUTERS/Vahan Stepanyan
The century old Armenian genocide is back into focus. Kim Kardashian
has brought this small landlocked country South of the Caucasus
into prominence. Kardashians with their media savvy have brought the
much-wanted focus to the upcoming Genocide Remembrance day on April 24,
2015. Pope Francis also referred to the Armenian Massacre as Genocide
resulting in strong protests from Turkey.
The Armenian Genocide has not been hogging the limelight in spite
of the UN recognition due to efforts by Turkey which disputes such
claims. Most of the Armenian genocide descendants have kept the issue
alive but have not been able to get international recognition as
the Rwandan massacre or the Holocaust. Hanush Hakobyan, the Minister
for the Armenian Diaspora feels that the Kardashians would help in
getting better press for the country. "Majority of the people do not
know where Armenia is. If Kim Kardashian writes or says anything it
would be amazing PR," he said.
For the majority of the people in this conservative nation, the
Kardashians were a world away. However, today frenzied crowd followed
every move of Kim and Khloe as they were accompanied by Kim's Husband,
rapper Kanye West and their daughter North. Local media have displayed
pictures of Kim and Khloe Kardashian paying their tributes at the
Genocide memorial on Friday.
Pope Francis referencing the 2001 declaration of Pope John Paul put
the Armenian Genocide on par with Holocaust and Stalinist massacres.
According to CNN, the pope said, "Our Human family has lived through
three unprecedented tragedies and the first genocide of the 20th
century struck the Armenian people." Turkey has lodged a strong
protest and has summoned its ambassador for "consultations" after
the comments by the Pope.
The massacre of Armenian Christians during the end of First World War
is considered to be the first Genocide of the twentieth century. The
United Nations unanimously passed the convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of Crime of Genocide in 1948 with the massacres in
Armenia as the template. Turkey, on the other hand, dismisses the
allegations of massacres and continue to hold the position that both
Armenians and Turkish Muslims were killed in a communal flare-up.
http://au.ibtimes.com/kardashians-pope-francis-bring-armenian-genocide-back-focus-after-century-1438786
International Business Times AU
April 14 2015
By Honey George
IN PHOTO U.S. television personality Kim Kardashian (L) and her
sister Khloe Kardashian (C) attend a flower laying ceremony at the
Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Museum in Yerevan April 10,
2015. Kim Kardashian, visiting her ancestors' homeland of Armenia,
placed flowers on Friday at a memorial to the 1915 mass killings of
Armenians by Ottoman soldiers. REUTERS/Vahan Stepanyan
The century old Armenian genocide is back into focus. Kim Kardashian
has brought this small landlocked country South of the Caucasus
into prominence. Kardashians with their media savvy have brought the
much-wanted focus to the upcoming Genocide Remembrance day on April 24,
2015. Pope Francis also referred to the Armenian Massacre as Genocide
resulting in strong protests from Turkey.
The Armenian Genocide has not been hogging the limelight in spite
of the UN recognition due to efforts by Turkey which disputes such
claims. Most of the Armenian genocide descendants have kept the issue
alive but have not been able to get international recognition as
the Rwandan massacre or the Holocaust. Hanush Hakobyan, the Minister
for the Armenian Diaspora feels that the Kardashians would help in
getting better press for the country. "Majority of the people do not
know where Armenia is. If Kim Kardashian writes or says anything it
would be amazing PR," he said.
For the majority of the people in this conservative nation, the
Kardashians were a world away. However, today frenzied crowd followed
every move of Kim and Khloe as they were accompanied by Kim's Husband,
rapper Kanye West and their daughter North. Local media have displayed
pictures of Kim and Khloe Kardashian paying their tributes at the
Genocide memorial on Friday.
Pope Francis referencing the 2001 declaration of Pope John Paul put
the Armenian Genocide on par with Holocaust and Stalinist massacres.
According to CNN, the pope said, "Our Human family has lived through
three unprecedented tragedies and the first genocide of the 20th
century struck the Armenian people." Turkey has lodged a strong
protest and has summoned its ambassador for "consultations" after
the comments by the Pope.
The massacre of Armenian Christians during the end of First World War
is considered to be the first Genocide of the twentieth century. The
United Nations unanimously passed the convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of Crime of Genocide in 1948 with the massacres in
Armenia as the template. Turkey, on the other hand, dismisses the
allegations of massacres and continue to hold the position that both
Armenians and Turkish Muslims were killed in a communal flare-up.
http://au.ibtimes.com/kardashians-pope-francis-bring-armenian-genocide-back-focus-after-century-1438786