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“120,000 Reasons” Campaign Launches to Stop Azerbaijan’s Genocide of 120,000 Armenians in Artsakh

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Monday, September 11, 2023
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On Capitol Hill, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress convened a pivotal hearing to address the genocide perpetrated by Azerbaijan against the ethnic Armenians in Artsakh.

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  • On Capitol Hill, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress convened a pivotal hearing to address the genocide perpetrated by Azerbaijan against the ethnic Armenians in Artsakh.
  • Featuring Luis Moreno Ocampo explaining the conditions of genocide according the Genocide Convention.
  • On Friday, September 1st, hundreds marched in Washington in solidarity with the 120,000 ethnic Armenians in Artsakh suffering from the Azeri blockade.
  • This man-made humanitarian crisis in Artsakh is part of a larger campaign to eradicate the Armenian people,” Bryan Ardouny, Executive Director of the Armenian Assembly of America.

Servicon Board Chair Honored by the State of California for His Service to California and the Nation

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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CULVER CITY, Calif., July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The State of California and the California Assembly conferred an official resolution commending Servicon Board Chairman Michael Mahdesian for his career of service to the country, California, humanity, and the Armenian community. The resolution was delivered to Mahdesian by California State 46th Assembly District member and candidate for LA City Council, Adrin Nazarian, at the company's Culver City headquarters during its 50th anniversary celebration Friday, July 21.

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  • "I am extremely humbled to receive a resolution such as this from the great State of California, and I thank the assembly and Adrin Nazarian for this honor," Mahdesian says.
  • "My father was a first generation American who came of age during the Great Depression.
  • He also valued treating others with respect and helping elevate the people, community, and industry he so loved.
  • In 2000, Mahdesian returned to California and took on the role of Servicon board chair.

ANCA-WR Marks Anniversary of Azerbaijan's Invasion of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)

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Friday, September 24, 2021
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Hundreds of prisoners of war and civilian captives remain in Azerbaijan's illegal detention to this day, where they continue to face severe abuse and torture .

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  • Hundreds of prisoners of war and civilian captives remain in Azerbaijan's illegal detention to this day, where they continue to face severe abuse and torture .
  • Azerbaijan has also continued its policy of belligerency towards Armenia through its continued state-sponsored propagation of anti-Armenian racism (Armenophobia).
  • Despite widespread reports of Azerbaijan's violations of international humanitarian law, the response of the international community to the brazen act of aggression has been nothing short of negligent.
  • Azerbaijan's conduct since the end of the war has not inspired confidence that a peaceful resolution to this crisis is on the horizon.

ANCA-WR Supports Gov. Newsom in the California Recall Election

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Friday, September 3, 2021
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Newsom has demonstrated the depth of his commitment and understanding of issues important to Armenian-Americans throughout his political career," remarked ANCA-WR Chair Nora Hovsepian, Esq.

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  • Newsom has demonstrated the depth of his commitment and understanding of issues important to Armenian-Americans throughout his political career," remarked ANCA-WR Chair Nora Hovsepian, Esq.
  • As a matter of principle, we support those officials who support our Cause, and we call on our community to do the same."
  • Signing an agreement to create a Trade and Services Desk in Armenia, promoting two-way trade and investment by businesses in Armenia and California.
  • For additional information regarding the recall election, please visit the California Secretary of State website: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/2021-ca-gov-recall
    The Armenian National Committee of America Western Region is the largest and most influential nonpartisan Armenian American grassroots advocacy organization in the Western United States.

President Biden Rejects Turkey's Gag-Rule, Recognizes Armenian Genocide

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Saturday, April 24, 2021
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b'WASHINGTON, April 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --President Joseph Biden officially recognized the Armenian Genocide, today, rejecting the longest-lasting foreign gag-rule in American history and dealing a major setback to Turkey\'s century-long obstruction of justice for this crime, a move welcomed by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).\n"President Biden\'s principled stand on the Armenian Genocide today powerfully overriding Ankara\'s foreign veto against honest American remembrance of this crime - pivots America toward the justice deserved and the security required for the future of the Armenian nation a landlocked, blockaded, genocide-survivor state.

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  • b'WASHINGTON, April 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --President Joseph Biden officially recognized the Armenian Genocide, today, rejecting the longest-lasting foreign gag-rule in American history and dealing a major setback to Turkey\'s century-long obstruction of justice for this crime, a move welcomed by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).\n"President Biden\'s principled stand on the Armenian Genocide today powerfully overriding Ankara\'s foreign veto against honest American remembrance of this crime - pivots America toward the justice deserved and the security required for the future of the Armenian nation a landlocked, blockaded, genocide-survivor state.
  • "\nIn joining with the U.S. Senate and House, 49 U.S. states, and a dozen NATO allies, President Biden has ended a century-long era of American complicity in Turkey\'s denials.\n"President Biden\'s principled stand on the Armenian Genocide today powerfully overriding Ankara\'s foreign veto against honest American remembrance of this crime - pivots America toward the justice deserved and the security required for the future of the Armenian nation a landlocked, blockaded, genocide-survivor state," said ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian.
  • In elevating genocide and atrocity prevention to the level of moral and political imperative, this recognition honors all victims of the scourge of genocides past and present making future atrocities less likely.\nEditor\'s Note: Armenian National Committee of America Executive Director Aram Hamparian is available for comment and interviews.
  • For more information, please contact Elizabeth Chouldjian at [email protected] or call 202-775-1918 / 703-585-8254 cell.\nAdditional information and background on the Armenian Genocide and U.S. affirmation of this crime is available at anca.org/genocide .\n'

Armenian Genocide 105th Anniversary: President Trump Tightens Turkey’s Grip over White House Policy on the Armenian Genocide

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Friday, April 24, 2020
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Armenian Genocide denial is a policy manufactured in Ankara, exported to America, and enforced in Washington by President Trump, said Armenian National Committee of America ANCA Executive Director Aram Suren Hamparian.

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  • Armenian Genocide denial is a policy manufactured in Ankara, exported to America, and enforced in Washington by President Trump, said Armenian National Committee of America ANCA Executive Director Aram Suren Hamparian.
  • Despite last years near-unanimous Congressional recognition of the Armenian Genocide, President Trump has, once again, granted Turkish President Erdogan an openly anti-American dictator a veto over honest U.S. remembrance of Turkeys WWI-era genocide of millions of Armenians and other Christians, continued Hamparian.
  • Having promised an America First presidency, President Trump has pursued a Turkey First policy on the Armenian Genocide.
  • Having vowed to restore U.S. leadership, he has, instead, outsourced American human rights policy to a foreign dictator, concluded Hamparian.

U.S. House of Representatives to Cast Landmark Vote Overriding Turkey’s Veto on U.S. Recognition of Armenian Genocide

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Monday, October 28, 2019
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Its clearly time to end the longest-lasting foreign veto in American history, stated the ANCAs Hamparian.

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  • Its clearly time to end the longest-lasting foreign veto in American history, stated the ANCAs Hamparian.
  • The Armenian Genocide was the centrally planned and systematically executed slaughter of the Armenian people, carried out by the Ottoman Turkish Government from 1915-1923.
  • The U.S. House of Representatives adopted legislation on the Armenian Genocide in 1975, 1984 and 1996.
  • For more information about U.S. affirmation of the Armenian Genocide, visit: https://anca.org/armenian-genocide/recognition/united-states/
    The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is the largest and most influential Armenian American grassroots political organization.