The State of Río de Janeiro in Brazil on Friday officially recognized
the Armenian Genocide, and set April 24 as “Day of Recognition and
Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide.”
The Governor of Río de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão, had submitted the respective bill to the state parliament, reported Agencia Prensa Armenia.
Río de Janeiro has become the fourth Brazilian state—after the States
of Paraná, Ceará,...
The term was coined in 1943 by the Jewish-Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin who combined the Greek word "genos" (race or tribe) with the Latin word "cide" (to kill). Defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group". [Article Two of the UN convention]
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Brazil State of Río de Janeiro recognizes Armenian Genocide
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World Council of Churches - Statement on the centenary of the genocide of Armenians
10 June 2015World Council of ChurchesEXECUTIVE COMMITTEEEtchmiadzin, Armenia8-13 June 2015
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During the centenary year of the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire, the executive committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) is meeting in this country on 8-13 June 2015, hosted by the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, to honour the martyrs and victims of the genocide. We visit the genocide memorial to remember...
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Νίκος Λυγερός: Ο αγώνας για την αναγνώριση της Γενοκτονίας, αγώνας του πολιτισμού κατά της βαρβαρότητας

Όταν με το λόγο έχεις καλή σχέση και συνήθως δεν δυσκολεύεσαι να τον αποτυπώσεις ή να τον εκφέρεις, είναι πολύ φυσικό να νιώθεις μια απίστευτη αμηχανία τη στιγμή που πρέπει να προλογίσεις ένα από τα σπουδαία μυαλά και μια από τις σημαντικότερες προσωπικότητες αυτής της χώρας και δεν βρίσκεις τις κατάλληλες λέξεις.
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