Fact #120, 245 days to go: Fighting Genocide Denial: 11 Attacks and Responses Attack #1: The Armenian Genocide is still the subject of historical debate. Response: The Turkish government, using tactics similar to Holocaust deniers, seeks to create artificial controversy and confusion regarding an established historical event. The truth, of course, is that the Armenian Genocide, like the Holocaust, is a thoroughly documented fact – it is settled history. The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), the leading group of experts on the Holocaust and genocide studies, unanimously adopted a resolution during their 1997 conference in Montreal, Canada affirming that: “The mass murder of Armenians in Turkey in 1915 is a case of genocide which conforms to the statutes of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.” The IAGS “condemns the denial of the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government and its official and unofficial agents and supporters.” In a March 7, 2007 letter urging Members of House and Senate to support the adoption of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, the IAGS asserted that: “The historical record on the Armenian Genocide is unambiguous and documented by overwhelming evidence.” #ArmenianGenocide #100yearsofdenial #RecognizeGenocide #Turkeyfailed #Obamafailed #Countdown #365facts #Armenian #ReturnChurches #ReturnLands
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 06:07:33 +0000
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