Visiting Armenia 2012 …
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Yerevan -- The Assyrian people of Armenia took a historic step to preserve their heritage and history by honoring victims of the Assyrian genocide, committed by the Ottoman government during WWI (1914-1918). According to Mr. Arsen Mikhaylov, the Chapter Secretary of the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) in Armenia, preparations are under way for the upcoming official unveiling of the Assyrian genocide monument in Yerevan on April 25, 2012. …
(AINA) -On March, 19 2012, the Armenian Parliament rejected a proposal tabled by Armenia's Heritage Party to consider a bill recognizing the Assyrian and Greek genocides (AINA 3-20-2012). The proposal was also supported by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun Party) but opposed by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). …
(AINA) -- On February 29, 2012 Hürriyet Daily News published an article on the erection of an Assyrian Genocide monument in Armenia. The article was based on interview questions answered by Sabri Atman, Chairman of the Assyrian Genocide Research Center. Hurriyet did not publish the full interview. The following is the complete interview. The interview was translated from Turkish to English by Abdulmesih BarAbraham. …
(AINA) -- The Assyrian Genocide Research Center (Seyfo), based in Sweden, has sent a letter to Serzh A. Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of Armenia, urging Armenia to officially recognize the Assyrian genocide, which occurred simultaneously with the Armenian Genocide. Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks were all victims of genocide between 1914 and 1923, a campaign which aimed, and succeeded, in cleansing the Ottoman Empire of most of it's Christian subjects. Nearly three million Assyrians, Armenains and Greeks were killed …
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