Armenians worldwide commemorate 106th anniversary of Armenian Genocide
Armenians worldwide commemorate today, April 24, the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, also known as Medz Yeghern (Մեծ Եղեռն) – the first horrendous crime against humanity in the 20th century. On this day in 1915 hundreds of Armenian intellectuals were rounded up, arrested and later executed.
The term genocide was coined by Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1944, whose family was one of the victims of the Jewish Holocaust. By defining this term, Prof. Lemkin sought to describe Nazi politics of systematic murder, violence and cruelty and atrocities committed against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as well.
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Some three weeks ago, Israel paid tribute to the 6 million martyrs who perished during the Shoah and to the heroes who fought against Nazism.
Today, on the 106 anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide, my heart goes out to my sisters and brothers in Armenia and its Diaspora, who mourn the unspeakable suffering of their ancestors, some 1.5 million women, men and children who were murdered by the Ottoman Empire in its decline. Many others survived but suffered humiliation, torment, hunger and exile, such as the parents of my dear friend and Chairman of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation, Mr. Eduardo Eurnekian.
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14:38, 24 April, 2021
YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. After laying flowers at the Eternal Flame in Tsitsernakaberd Memorial, the President of the Central American Parliament Carolina Fernández and her delegation toured the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute where they viewed the documents and exhibits on the Armenian Genocide.
“I believe that if we remember and commemorate, it would help that such events never happen again. The photographs, written memoirs at the museum are facts which can’t be denied”, she said.
Afterwards Fernández and her delegation visited Yerevan City Hall to participate in the opening of the Heritage in Danger: Artsakh exhibition.
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In this April 15, 2021, file photo, US President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden formally recognized that the systematic killings and deportations of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century were “genocide” using a term for the atrocities that his White House predecessors have avoided for decades over concerns of alienating Turkey.
With the acknowledgment, Biden followed through on a campaign promise he made a year ago Saturday the annual commemoration of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day to recognize that the events of 1915 to 1923 were a deliberate effort to wipe out Armenians.