Petition Calling On New Zealand To Recognize Armenian Genocide

PETITION CALLING ON NEW ZEALAND TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

12:51, 21.04.2015
Region:World News, Armenia, Diaspora
Theme: Politics, Society

A petition calling on the government of New Zealand to recognize the
Armenian Genocide has been launched onChange.org website.

“By downplaying, ignoring, or even forgetting entirely that the crime
of the Armenian Genocide happened, we encourage future Adolf Hitlers,
Joseph Stalins, and Talaat Pashas to commit such acts in the belief
that they too can get away with mass murder,” the resolution reads.

The petition was signed by Serj Tankian who also called on his
followers in Twitter to follow his lead.

http://news.am/eng/news/263063.html

Motion To The Armenian Genocide

MOTION TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

“The city council of Mantua officially recognize the genocide of the
Armenian people.” It serves as the municipal council of Sel, Fausto
Banzi, with an agenda for the …

March 15, 2015

“The city council of Mantua officially recognize the genocide of
the Armenian people.” It serves as the municipal council of Sel,
Fausto Banzi, with an agenda for the vote in plenary. “The City
Council expresses its full solidarity with the Armenian people on
the occasion of the centenary of the” Big Evil “reads the document
proposed by Banzi.

“On April 24 will mark the centenary of the Armenian genocide. I
accepted the invitation for the Council for the Armenian community of
Rome addressed to local authorities – states – for you to be approved
a motion of solidarity in memory of the drama took place back in 1915
and for many years kept hidden and unrecognized. ”

March 15, 2015

http://gazzettadimantova.gelocal.it/mantova/cronaca/2015/03/15/news/mozione-per-il-genocidio-degli-armeni-1.11054603?ref=search

‘Operacion Nemesis’: Ojo Por Ojo

‘OPERACION NEMESIS’: OJO POR OJO

La deportacion y masacre de mas de un millon de armenios en 1915 tuvo
su venganza. Una organizacion secreta, activada por la Federacion
Revolucionaria Armenia, cazo y dio muerte a siete responsables del
genocidio.

Monte Melkonian y la lucha armada Entre el recuerdo y la negacion

POR XAVIER MORET

DOMINGO, 19 DE ABRIL DEL 2015

En este año del centenario se esta hablando mucho del genocidio
armenio, que costo la vida a millon y medio de personas, pero es
menos conocida la venganza que, con el nombre de operacion Nemesis,
emprendieron algunos armenios contra los responsables de aquella
matanza iniciada el 24 de abril de 1915.

Fue en noviembre de 1919, en los breves años de independencia previos
a la Union Sovietica, cuando el consejo general de la Federacion
Revolucionaria Armenia decidio, en una reunion en Erevan, condenar a
muerte a los principales responsables del genocidio, tanto de Turquía
como de Azerbaiyan. El nombre clave de la operacion era Nemesis,
por la diosa griega de la venganza.

En la primera lista negra redactada por los dirigentes de la operacion
Nemesis había 650 nombres; luego se redujo a 41 y, finalmente, a
los que consideraban los siete criminales principales. Armen Garo,
Aaron Sachaklian y Shahan Natali estaban al frente de este operativo
que tiene puntos en común con la persecucion de nazis emprendida por
el judío Simon Wiesenthal despues de la segunda guerra mundial.

Esta organizacion secreta tenía una doble sede, en Estambul y Boston.

Un estudiante llamado Hrach Papazyan, que había conseguido infiltrarse
en el Gobierno de los Jovenes Turcos, era el encargado de buscar a
los culpables. Los comandos que debían ejecutarles, entre 1920 y 1922,
estaban formados por entre tres y cinco armenios.

El objetivo número uno de la operacion Nemesis era el exgran visir
Mehmet Talaat Pasha, ministro del Interior de Turquía que en 1915
dicto la orden de deportacion de los armenios y que fue, por tanto,
quien desencadeno el horror del genocidio. Pronto se comprobo que
vivía exiliado en Berlín. Fue allí donde lo encontro el estudiante
armenio Soghomon Tehlerian despues de seis meses de búsqueda.

Tehlerian alquilo un apartamento cerca de donde vivía Talaat, en el
barrio berlines de Charlottenburg y, despues de seguirle durante varios
días, el 15 de marzo de 1921 lo mato de un tiro en la nuca, disparado
en la calle ante numerosos testigos. Cuando estos lo inmovilizaron,
se limito a decir: “Dejadme. Yo soy armenio, y el, turco. Esto no
tiene nada que ver con vosotros”.

Tras ser detenido, Tehlerian fue juzgado en junio de 1921. Ante
el juzgado expuso los horrores del genocidio armenio y detallo
que el había sobrevivido porque le dieron por muerto cuando le
deportaban junto con su familia. Cuando despues de dos días recupero
la consciencia, tuvo que apartar el cadaver de su hermano y recordo
como había visto morir a sus padres y habían violado a su hermana. Al
final le declararon inocente entre los aplausos del público. Una
vez absuelto,

Tehlerian emigro a California, donde murio en 1960 como un heroe del
pueblo armenio.

La operacion Nemesis no se detuvo aquí. Otros personajes asesinados por
armenios, entre 1920 y 1921, son Fathali Khan Hoyski, primer ministro
del Azerbaiyan, considerado responsable de la muerte de miles de
armenios en Bakú; Behbud Javanshir, exministro del Interior azerí; Said
Halim Pasha, exgran visir del imperio otomano; Enver Pasha, exministro
de la Guerra de Turquía; Ahmed Jamal Pasha, exministro de Marina de
Turquía; Mgrditch Harutuyan, miembro de la policía secreta turca en
Estambul; y Jamal Azmí, exgobernador de la provincia de Trebisonda.

La muerte del azerí Behbud Javanshir, el 18 de julio de 1921, fue una
de las mas espectaculares. Tuvo lugar en una calle de Estambul, muy
cerca del lujoso Hotel Pera Palas. El armenio Misak Torlakian, nacido
en Trebisonda (actual Turquía), fue el encargado de ejecutarlo. Le
espero a la puerta del hotel, le siguio cuando le vio salir y le
disparo dos tiros en el pecho. Torlakian se dio a la fuga, pero cuando
ya estaba lejos, le entraron dudas sobre si realmente lo había matado.

Regreso, lanzo un tiro al aire para apartar a los curiosos y le
disparo el tiro definitivo a Behbud Khan.

Condicion mental dañada

A Torlakian lo detuvieron enseguida, sin que el opusiera resistencia.

Semanas despues, un tribunal militar britanico lo considero”culpable,
pero no responsable”, debido a su condicion mental, afectada por el
horror del genocidio. Despues del juicio, Torlakian emigro a Estados
Unidos, donde murio en 1968.

La operacion Nemesis se dio por concluida en 1922, tras la muerte a
tiros de los principales responsables del genocidio armenio.

http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/internacional/operacion-nemesis-ojo-por-ojo-4113263

Cent Ans De Solitude Pour Les Armeniens

CENT ANS DE SOLITUDE POUR LES ARMENIENS

TRIBUNE DE CHARLES AZNAVOUR DANS LE MONDE

C’est vrai, je suis de ce peuple, mort sans sepulture. Mon père et ma
mère, qui ont pu echapper a la tourmente, ont eu la chance de trouver
refuge en France. Il n’en a pas ete de meme pour le million et demi
d’Armeniens qui ont ete massacres, egorges, tortures dans ce qui a
ete le premier genocide du XXe siècle.

Un vent de sable et puis d’oubli a longtemps recouvert ce meurtre
de masse. Les gouvernements turcs qui ont succede aux bourreaux de
1915 ont pendant des decennies pratique un negationnisme d’Etat. Ils
ont parie sur l’amnesie et sur la lâchete internationale. Et ils ont
failli avoir raison.

Pendant des annees, le crime a pu etre considere comme payant. Il
a fallu attendre les annees 1980 pour que les nations commencent a
le reconnaître. Sur la pointe des pieds, mezza voce. Le Parlement
europeen tout d’abord, en 1987. La France avec une loi promulguee le
29 janvier 2001. Une vingtaine d’autres Etats depuis. Et le Vatican
il y a quelques jours.

Face a une telle situation, tout etre humain doue d’un peu de raison et
de bonne foi ne peut que se trouver desempare. Je ne fais pas exception
a la règle. Je n’ai pas ete eleve dans la haine. Le ressentiment
ne fait pas partie de mon univers. Je n’en veux pas au peuple turc,
qui a ete eduque dans le deni. Je veux faire confiance a la jeunesse
de ce pays et a ce peuple que j’aime.

La suite sur le lien plus bas.

mardi 21 avril 2015, Ara (c)armenews.com

D´autres informations disponibles : LE MONDE

http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=110615

HDP Vows To Be ‘Sultan’s Nightmare’ In Turkey Elections, Promises To

HDP VOWS TO BE ‘SULTAN’S NIGHTMARE’ IN TURKEY ELECTIONS, PROMISES TO OPEN ARMENIA BORDER

18:16, 21 Apr 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

Turkey’s opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has announced its
election manifesto for the June 7 parliamentary elections, promising
freedoms in many areas, particularly targeting women and youth,
theHurriyet Daily News reports.

HDP co-chairs Selahattin DemirtaÃ…~_ and Figen Yuksekdag made promises
in several areas, including the economy, foreign policy, freedoms
and rights, the environment and green energy.

“The election manifesto that we present is the nightmare of the sultan
and the dream of all the peoples of Turkey,” HDP co-chair Yuksekdag
said in an apparent reference to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
who presents the upcoming polls as a referendum to switch from the
current parliamentary system to a presidential one.

DemirtaÃ…~_ said the HDP will distribute cards to all people between
the ages of 15 and 25 which will give them 200 Turkish Liras annually
for transportation and communication. This card will also allow free
entrance to all museums across the country.

The HDP vowed to lower the voting age to 16 and the age of candidates
for parliamentary seats to 18.

The party also pledged to establish a Women Ministry, which would
replace the current Family and Social Policies Ministry. The party
will open local kindergartens, which will be free of charge and provide
education in the students’ mother tongue, according to the manifesto.

The party said the new constitution will be centered on women and
added International Women’s Day on March 8 will be declared as
official holiday.

The minimum wage will be increased to 1,800 Turkish Liras while the
minimum retirement pension will also be increased to 1,800 liras,
according to the party’s election manifesto.

Speaking on foreign politics, DemirtaÃ…~_ said the border between Turkey
and Armenia will be opened unconditionally and the embargo on Armenia
will be lifted. “We will support the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh
issue between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” he said.

On the issue of compulsory religion classes in schools, Yuksekdag
said they will remove the religion classes from the curriculum. The
compulsory religion classes have been widely criticized by the Alevi
community in Turkey for undermining their identity and beliefs.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hdp-vows-to-be-sultans-nightmare-in-turkey-elections.aspx?pageID=238&nID=81351&NewsCatID=338
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/04/21/hdp-vows-to-be-sultans-nightmare-in-turkey-elections-promises-to-open-armenia-border/

Richard Hovhannisian: Obama’s Annual Statement On Armenian Genocide

RICHARD HOVHANNISIAN: OBAMA’S ANNUAL STATEMENT ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO BE VERY MUCH DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS ONES

by Nana Martirosyan

Tuesday, April 21, 15:37

American historian of Armenian descent, professor at Californian
University Richard Hovhannisian has told journalists that Obama’s
annual statement on the Armenian Genocide is going to be very much
different from the previous ones.

According to the professor, Obama has been using the term “Mets
Yeghern” instead of “genocide” for many years. “The problem is that the
American society does not perceive “Mets Yeghern” as a grave crime,
but as a horrible tragedy. The Armenian side is to make every effort
to make the American society realize the gravity of the issue”, he
said. The expert believes that Obama will take it upon himself and
utter the word “genocide” despite the pressure State Department and
Pentagon put.

The professor has said he takes a dim view of future candidates
for presidency who say they will recognize the Armenian Genocide
if elected. “Obama has promised the same, the Armenian community
constantly reminds him about that. Still there has been no result yet”,
he said.

To note, the four-volume-work “Republic of Armenia” by Richard
Hovhannisian was presented on April 21. The professor spent 25 years
working on the books.

http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=C3A14F80-E81A-11E4-862E0EB7C0D21663

Google Will Hardly Place Armenian Genocide Doodle On April 24

GOOGLE WILL HARDLY PLACE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DOODLE ON APRIL 24

YEREVAN, April 21. / ARKA /. Google will hardly place a doodle on
April 24 – the day when Armenians all around the world will mark
the centenary of the Armenian Genocide because of not wanting to
interfere in Turkey’s relations with Armenia, cyber security expert
Samvel Martirosyan told a news conference today.

According to Martirosyan, people from different countries are calling
on Google to place a special doodle on April 24 to remember 1.5
million innocent Armenians killed by the government of the Ottoman
Turkey in 1915-1923 and tell the world about the first genocide of
the past century.

A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on
Google’s homepage that is intended to celebrate holidays, events,
achievements and people. The first Google Doodle was in honor of the
Burning Man Festival of 1998, and was designed by Larry Page and Sergey
Brin to notify users of their absence in case the servers crashed.

According to Martirosyan, Google never places political doodles,
especially that Turkey is a big market for it. Martirosyan said if
a Doodle is placed on the Genocide Day it will be seen only by the
residents of Armenia.

An only Armenia doodle appeared on April 7 when Armenia marks the
Maternity and Beauty Day.-0-

http://arka.am/en/news/politics/google_will_hardly_place_armenian_genocide_doodle_on_april_24/#sthash.06Ow5lq9.dpuf

Armenian Genocide Billboards In Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILLBOARDS IN BOURJ HAMMOUD, LEBANON

April 19, 2015

Armenian Genocide Billboards in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon.

Bourj Hammoud is a suburb in North-East Beirut, Lebanon. The suburb is
heavily populated by Armenians. Bourj Hammoud is an industrious area
and is one of the most densely populated districts in the Middle East.

Bourj Hammoud was founded by survivors of the Armenian Genocide
of 1915.

http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/66001

Genocide Armenien: Le CCAF Condamne L’attitude De L’Australie

GENOCIDE ARMENIEN: LE CCAF CONDAMNE L’ATTITUDE DE L’AUSTRALIE

Publié le : 20-04-2015

Info Collectif VAN – – Le Collectif VAN vous invite
a lire ce Communiqué de presse du CCAF (Conseil de Coordination des
organisations Arméniennes de France) publié le 19 avril 2015.

Légende photo: Julie Bishop, ministre australienne des Affaires
étrangères

CCAF

Communiqué de presse du CCAF

19-04-2015

Gallipoli, Turquie, Australie et génocide des Arméniens

Visite le 21 avril a Paris de Julie Bishop, ministre australienne des
Affaires étrangères : Le CCAF condamne l’attitude de l’Australie
a l’égard de la commémoration du centenaire du Génocide arménien.

Le 24 avril 2015 auront lieu en Arménie les commémorations du
centenaire du Génocide arménien auxquelles assistera notamment le
Président de la République, M. Francois Hollande.

La Turquie tente par tous les moyens de dissuader les chefs d’Ã~Itat et
de gouvernement de se rendre en Arménie a cette occasion. A cette fin,
Ankara organisera le même jour, soit le 24 avril, la commémoration
du centenaire du débarquement de Gallipoli, alors que la date de
ce centenaire tombait le 25 avril et non le 24 avril. Ainsi, chaque
année, le 25 avril et partout dans le monde, l’Australie commémore
le débarquement de Gallipoli sous le nom d’ANZAC day.

Malheureusement cette année, l’Australie, répondant a la demande
d’Ankara, a accepté d’avancer d’un jour les commémorations. Les
premiers ministres australiens, néo-zélandais et d’autres chefs
d’Ã~Itat et de gouvernement seront donc a Gallipoli, le 24 avril 2015,
jour du centenaire du Génocide arménien et apporteront ainsi leur
caution au négationnisme d’Ã~Itat pratiqué en Turquie.

Enfin pour achever de complaire aux autorités turques, le gouvernement
australien ne sera représenté par personne aux commémorations du
Génocide, le 24 avril en Arménie.

Comme Mme Julie Bishop l’avait indiqué a M. Ahmet Davutoglu par
écrit, le 15 mai 2014 (cf lettre en PJ de ce communiqué), l’Australie
a donc clairement choisi son camp : celui des négationnistes de
l’Ã~Itat turc contre celui des descendants des victimes du Génocide
des Arméniens.

CCAF Conseil de Coordination des organisations Arméniennes de France

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Télécharger la lettre de Julie Bishop en pdf ci-dessous

Lire aussi:

Génocide arménien : Geoffrey Robertson fait le procès de la Turquie

Génocide arménien : la Turquie impose le silence a l’Australie

Turquie : Un mur de la honte pour les chefs d’Ã~Itat allant a
Gallipoli ?

Erdogan : Les Arméniens ” ont fixé leurs cérémonies pour
coïncider avec notre journée ”

Génocide arménien : le président Sarkissian dénonce le
“négationnisme” d’Erdogan

Centenaire du génocide arménien : La tentative de la Turquie
tourne court

Centenaire de Gallipoli : une honteuse tentative contre le génocide
arménien

La Turquie invite le président arménien au 100e anniversaire de la
bataille de Gallipoli

Erdogan affirme que 50 pays devraient participer aux événements de
Gallipoli le 24 avril

Erdogan vs Gulen sur Gallipoli : Le génocide arménien
instrumentalisé en Turquie

Turquie : Annonces et démenti autour de Gallipoli

Observatoire du Négationnisme du Collectif VAN

” Génocide arménien ” vs ” génocide des Arméniens ”

TÃ~ILÃ~ICHARGER : La lettre de Julie Bishop adressée a Ahmet Davutoglu
– 15 mai 2014

Source/Lien : CCAF

http://www.collectifvan.org/article.php?r=0&id=87640
www.collectifvan.org

Turkey Shares Armenians’ Pain Over Ottoman-Era Killings: PM

TURKEY SHARES ARMENIANS’ PAIN OVER OTTOMAN-ERA KILLINGS: PM

22:04, 20 Apr 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

Turkey shares the pain of Armenians whose parents or grandparents were
killed under the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Prime Minister
Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday, AFP reports.

“We once again respectfully remember and share the pain of
grandchildren and children of Ottoman Armenians who lost their lives
during deportation in 1915,” Davutoglu said in a statement released
by his office to mark the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.

Davutoglu made clear once more in the statement that Turkey did not
accept the word genocide to describe the killings.

“To reduce everything to a single word, to put responsibility through
generalisations on the Turkish nation alone… is legally and morally
problematic,” he said.

The relatively conciliatory tone of the statement contrasts with the
furious reaction from Ankara early this month when Pope Francis used
the term genocide to describe the killings.

Davutoglu had on April 12 lashed out at Francis for what he described
as “inappropriate” and “one-sided” comments on the issue.

The latest statement said the “Ottoman Armenians” would be remembered
at a service to be held at the Armenian patriarchate in Istanbul on
April 24.

Davutoglu said Turks and Armenians should “heal their wounds from
that century and reestablish their human relations”.

The statement builds on an expression of condolences issued by
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan while he was still prime minister in
April 2014.

In that statement, Erdogan described the killings as “our shared pain”
in what was the weightiest statement yet from a Turkish leader on
the issue.

http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/04/20/turkey-shares-armenians-pain-over-ottoman-era-killings-pm/