by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published May 13, 2020
Libya’s Interim Government recognized the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 2020, for the second year in a row. On April 19, 2019 the provisional government had issued a similar recognition. While this recognition may...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published November 6, 2019
On October 29, 2019, Armenian Americans scored a major victory in the halls of US Congress. For the first time in 35 years, the US House of Representatives adopted Resolution 296 affirming the facts...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published June 25, 2019
Thirty four years ago, the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities adopted a report acknowledging the Armenian Genocide as a case of genocide. Until recently, there has been no...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published May 21, 2019
In recent years and months, Arab countries have been liberating themselves from the nefarious political influence of the Turkish government and are beginning to take an honest position on the Armenian Genocide. The Arab...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published April 30, 2019
Pres. Donald Trump issued last week his third April 24 statement “on Armenian Remembrance Day.” And for three years in a row he did not muster the courage to use the correct term—genocide—to describe...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published April 25, 2017
Armenians and Turks around the world wait with bated breath each year to see if the President of the United States would use in his annual April 24 statement the word Genocide to describe...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published July 26, 2016
Now that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have selected their vice presidential candidates, Armenian Democrats are claiming that Sen. Tim Kaine has the better record on recognition of the Armenian Genocide, while Republican Armenians...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published July 12, 2016
Cem Ozdemir, co-chair of the Green Party, delivered a passionate speech in the German Parliament (Bundestag) on June 2, 2016, in support of the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turkey, while acknowledging...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published June 7, 2016
Despite ‘Sultan’ Erdogan’s insults and threats, the German Parliament went boldly forward last week and recognized the Armenian Genocide. In retaliation, Turkey immediately withdrew its ambassador from Berlin. The historic Bundestag resolution, adopted with...
CHARLESTON, WV – West Virginia became the 44th state to recognize the Armenian Genocide with Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s proclamation declaring April 2016 as “Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month” in the Mountain State, reported...
