Armenian Revolutionary Federation

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

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Saturday, April 24, 2021
Armenian Genocide, Armenian National Committee of America, Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Aram Hamparian, Violence, Foreign relations, Human rights abuses, Armenian Genocide recognition

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'

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
Continents, Countries, Politics by country, Armenia–United States relations, Anti-Armenianism, Armenian National Committee of America, Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Armenian Genocide, Armenians, Armenia, Armenian Genocide recognition, Armenian lobby in the United States

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.