A resolution on the Armenian Genocide was adopted by a large majority at the 23rd European Green Party Council in Lyon, on Sunday, November 15. The text acknowledges that the Ottoman Empire perpetrated Genocide against the Armenian people. It also calls on Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide and work towards reconciliation with the Armenia and its people.With this initiative the European Green Party calls upon all countries which have not yet done so to publicly recognize the Armenian Genocide. ...

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comLast week I spoke at the first conference on the Armenian Genocide in Israel, gave a lecture at the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem, and attended a meeting with Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin.Pres. Rivlin was a staunch supporter of Armenian Genocide recognition while he was Chairman of the Knesset (parliament). As President, he is now more circumspect, not wishing to contradict his government’s reprehensible silence ...

By Harut Sassounian,Publisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comAs relations between Israel and Turkey have become increasingly strained in recent years, shifting from strategic alliance to outright hostility, many analysts began to wonder about the Israeli government's uncharacteristically muted reaction to Turkish Pres. Erdogan's anti-Semitic diatribes and anti-Israeli actions.Under these circumstances, Armenians and their supporters are puzzled by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ...

Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) Speaking at the Armenian Assembly of America 2009 National Advocacy Conference and Banquet in Washington, D.C. (Photograph copyright Armenian Assembly of America)WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Republican Caucus nominated Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) to be the 62nd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. According to Capitol Hill sources, the House is expected to confirm him on Thursday. The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) congratulates incoming Speaker ...

Sargis Muradyan Gallery, Yerevan – Save the Children in partnership with the British Embassy in Armenia will organize a photo exhibition on the occasion of the World Refugee Day on June 20, 2015, at 11:00 AM, at Sargis Muradyan Gallery in Yerevan, 38 Isahakyan street (near Cascade).The event will be attended by the UK Ambassador in Armenia Katherine Leach, Representatives of the Ministry of Diaspora, Ministry of Emergency Situations and Local Self Government, Members of Armenian Parliament, Yerevan ...

For Presidential EndorsementsBy Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comNow that over a dozen candidates have announced their intention to run for President in 2016, Armenian-Americans are wondering whom to support in next year’s elections.

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comOn my way back from the Centennial events in Yerevan last week, I stopped in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to attend the inauguration of an unprecedented exhibit of Armenian artifacts rescued by Russian ethnographers from Western Armenia during the Genocide.

Neil McPherson’s documentary drama is subtitled “Voices from the Armenian genocide”. Its purpose is clearly to remind us of the mass slaughter and deportation of Armenians in 1915 and to persuade us to petition the Turkish government to acknowledge the word “genocide”. It is a powerful piece, even if, in 90 minutes, the historical background can only be briefly portrayed.

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comArmenians experienced unforgettable days last week during the Centennial commemorations of the Armenian Genocide. In many respects, Turkish denialists' much-feared ‘Tsunami’ became a reality! While Armenians around the world were busy organizing commemorative events in recent years, their efforts were amplified by some unexpected developments, including Turkish President Erdogan's irrational rhetoric and reaction.

This is a shocking collection of harrowing photographs of the death and destruction reaped on Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago that were taken by an American and a colleague who risked imprisonment to smuggle them out and show the world the full horror of what happened.