WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress convened to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide earlier this week, Armenian Caucus Members Reps. Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA), along with Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), sent a letter to the Wall Street Journal condemning a Turkish-paid Armenian Genocide denial advertisement included in its April 20th print edition. The letter said in part: “We call on you to apologize for your decision to pub

http://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4591255 Representative Janice Hahn (D-CA) stands in solidarity with Armenians and calls for recognition of the Armenian Genocide on April 28 while speaking on the House Floor. (Source: http://www.c-span.org/) #Armenia #ArmenianGenocide #JaniceHahn

http://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4591252 Representative David Cicilline (R-RI) recognizes the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and shares his concerns of the citizens of Nagorno Karabakh on April 27 during the U.S. House of Representatives Morning Hour. (Source: http://www.c-span.org/) #Karabakh #NagornoKarabakhRepublic #DavidCicilline #ArmenianGenocide #Artsakh #Armenia

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) joined the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, in coordination with the Embassy of Armenia, the Nagorno Karabakh Representation office in D.C., and the Armenian National Committee of America, for the annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on Capitol Hill. Each Member present honored the victims of the genocide and emphasized the importance of remembering and learning from the lessons of the

http://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4591055 Representative Jim Costa (D-CA) recognizes the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 27 during the U.S. House of Representatives Morning Hour. (Source: http://www.c-span.org/) #ArmenianGenocide #JimCosta

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GEICO Apologizes for Armenian Genocide Denial Message WASHINGTON, D.C. – On April 25, GEICO Skytypers issued “An Apology”for the Armenian Genocide denial skywriting that occurred over New York City last week. Armenian Assembly of America Florida Chair and South Florida Armenian Genocide Commemoration, Inc. Chair Arsine Kaloustian designed a campaign to contact the GEICO Skytypers and educate them on their own message. The image featured the GEICO Gecko with the following text

By Danielle Saroyan, Armenian Agenda Associate Editor Armenian Assembly of America Yerevan Regional Director Arpi Vartanian laying a flower at the Armenian Genocide Memorial. YEREVAN, AM – The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) partook in the Armenian Genocide Commemorations this past weekend in Yerevan, Armenia. The commemorations began with a wreath laying ceremony, following by the Global Forum, a special ceremony at the Armenian Genocide Memorial, and concluded with

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement in remembrance of one hundred and one years since the beginning of the Armenian Genocide: “More than a century ago, starting in 1915 and lasting nearly a decade, more than 1.5 million innocent Armenian children, women, and men were systematically slaughtered during the horrific genocide committed by leaders of the Ottoman Empire. Today, we remember the victims of this brutal, inhumane period of

Armenian Assembly of America Executive Director Bryan Ardouny, Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Assembly Board Member Toros Sahakian at the Armenian Genocide Commemoration Rally in Times Square on April 24, 2016. On April 24, Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) Board Member Toros Sahakian spoke at the Armenian Genocide Commemoration Rally at Times Square in New York, calling all diaspora to work together to support the citizens of Kar

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On April 23, U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) issued the following statement after the Administration failed to call the massacres of Armenians by the Ottoman Turkish government a genocide: “As we mark the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, I call on the Administration to recognize the murder of 1.5 million Armenians from 1915-1923 by Ottoman Turkey for what it was: genocide. Recognition of past genocides is crucial for preventing future g

LOS ANGELES, CA – On Wednesday, April 20, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) hosted a successful book presentation of An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians? written by United Kingdom’s leading human rights attorney and author Geoffrey Robertson QC in Universal City, CA. The event sold out, reaching over capacity. “The Armenian Assembly of America was proud to feature a giant in the field of international human rights to speak to us about his findi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Robert Dold (R-IL), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, released the following statement on the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. “More than 100 years have passed since the start of the Armenian Genocide and the time is long overdue to acknowledge the atrocities committed against the Armenian people for exactly what they were – genocide. As we commemorate this anniversary acros

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement marking the 101st anniversary of the Armenian genocide: “On Sunday, we will remember the victims of the Armenian genocide, which began on April 24, 1915 with the detention of some of the leading figures in Armenian society and culminated in the murders of 1.5 million civilians over a four-year period.  Even a century later, this tragedy continues to bring tears to the eyes of millions

Responds to Obama’s Eight-Year Pattern of Missed Opportunities WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, in Turkey, a country whose government officially denies the Armenian Genocide and in a parliament where the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party called for the lifting of the immunity of elected parliamentarians of Kurdish origin, Garo Paylan, a parliamentarian of Armenian origin, had the courage to remind his fellow MPs of the dozen Armenian members of the Ottoman parliament whos

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of the anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has called yet again on the administration and Congress to properly recognize this tragic event. “Beginning in 1915 the Ottoman government began implementing its plans to expunge the Armenian people from its territory—an event which meets all the definitions of the word ‘genocide.’  An estimated one and

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), the lead sponsor of the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution in Congress, released the following statement after President Obama did not use the word “genocide” to describe the Armenian Genocide ahead of Sunday’s commemoration: “I’m gravely disappointed that President Obama will now leave office without fulfilling his commitment to recognize the Armenian Genocide. For a President who knows the history so w

On Friday, April 22nd, United States President Barack Obama issued a statement on behalf of the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (which will take place on April 24th). During his last year in office, President Obama still did not use the term genocide, and instead described Ottoman Turkey’s killings of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 as “the first mass atrocity of the 20th century” and “the Armenian Meds Yeghern.” In his statement, Obama referenced Raphael Lemkin, who coined t

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the lead sponsor of the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution in Congress, spoke on the House Floor and delivered an open letter to the President of the United States, Barack Obama, urging him to recognize the Armenian Genocide in his final year in office in advance of the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The commemoration of the genocide will take place on Sunday, April 24. Watch the speech, or read the t

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