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TURKISH EMBASSY IN MEXICO CENSORS FILM FESTIVAL ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Monday, April 20th, 2015
http://asbarez.com/134265/turkish-embassy-in-mexico-censors-film-festival-on-armenian-genocide/
An exhibit on the Armenian Genocide in Mexico City's Memory and
Tolerance Museum. (Photo: Agencia Prensa Armenia)
MEXICO CITY (Agencia Prensa Armenia)--The Turkish Embassy in Mexico
managed to suspend a film festival at the Museo Nacional de las
Culturas in Mexico City through strong pressures on various state
and government authorities.
The film festival was going to feature movies like "Grandma's Tattoos,"
"The Lark Farm," "The Cut," "Screamers," and "Ararat," among others.
"After one hundred years of the Armenian Genocide, they once again
seek to silence the word. The current Turkish government tries by all
means to prevent the use of the word genocide," said Professor Carlos
Antaramian at the opening of an exhibition, "Armenia, an open wound,"
held in the Memory and Tolerance Museum.
The Mexican Foreign Ministry tried to prevent the use of the word
"genocide" in other activities as well, such as a concert dedicated to
the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Bellas Artes, after pressure
from Turkish diplomats.
"The Mexican government not only does not recognize the Armenian
Genocide, but in recent days a very powerful hand inside the government
has shown a particular interest in silencing the commemoration of the
Genocide which was organized by the Armenian community in Mexico. The
word remains muted in this 2015," said Antaramian.
From: Baghdasarian
Monday, April 20th, 2015
http://asbarez.com/134265/turkish-embassy-in-mexico-censors-film-festival-on-armenian-genocide/
An exhibit on the Armenian Genocide in Mexico City's Memory and
Tolerance Museum. (Photo: Agencia Prensa Armenia)
MEXICO CITY (Agencia Prensa Armenia)--The Turkish Embassy in Mexico
managed to suspend a film festival at the Museo Nacional de las
Culturas in Mexico City through strong pressures on various state
and government authorities.
The film festival was going to feature movies like "Grandma's Tattoos,"
"The Lark Farm," "The Cut," "Screamers," and "Ararat," among others.
"After one hundred years of the Armenian Genocide, they once again
seek to silence the word. The current Turkish government tries by all
means to prevent the use of the word genocide," said Professor Carlos
Antaramian at the opening of an exhibition, "Armenia, an open wound,"
held in the Memory and Tolerance Museum.
The Mexican Foreign Ministry tried to prevent the use of the word
"genocide" in other activities as well, such as a concert dedicated to
the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Bellas Artes, after pressure
from Turkish diplomats.
"The Mexican government not only does not recognize the Armenian
Genocide, but in recent days a very powerful hand inside the government
has shown a particular interest in silencing the commemoration of the
Genocide which was organized by the Armenian community in Mexico. The
word remains muted in this 2015," said Antaramian.
From: Baghdasarian