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Uruguay declares April 24 as Armenian Genocide Memorial Day
MONTEVIDEO —The House of Senators of Uruguay unanimously voted in favor of the draft law declaring April 24 as a Memorial Day of the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The draft law mandates that all state television and radio channels will simultaneously address the dossier of…
Read More »European Syriac Union celebrates progress towards Sayfo recognition in France
PARIS — Fehmi Vergili, Co-Chair of the European Syriac Union, spoke to Suroyo TV from Paris, detailing the proceedings of the voting session on the Sayfo recognition in the French National Assembly. Vergili highlighted the longstanding efforts of Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) organizations and institutions to secure international recognition of the 1915…
Read More »Beth Nahrin Club in Vienna commemorates Sayfo Genocide with solemn event
VIENNA — to mark the anniversary of the 1915 Sayfo Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) people, the Beth Nahrin Club of Vienna organized a solemn remembrance on Saturday. According to Suroyo TV’s correspondent in Austria, the Beth Nahrin Club adorned an olive tree with black…
Read More »National Assembly of France passes resolution recognizing 1915 Sayfo Genocide
PARIS — On Monday, 29 April, France’s National Assembly adopted a resolution recognizing the 1915 Sayfo Genocide committed against the Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) people by the Ottoman Empire and its allies. The resolution was adopted with 110 votes in favor and 10 abstentions. There were no votes against the resolution. The…
Read More »International officials remember Armenian Genocide, opposition parties in Turkey call for recognition
BRUSSELS / ANKARA — In a unified stance marking the 109th anniversary of the Ottoman Empire’s genocide against the Armenian people, leaders and officials from the United States, Canada, and Europe unequivocally condemned the atrocities suffered by Armenians and other primarily Christian peoples at the hands of the Ottoman Empire…
Read More »Chilean Parliament recognizes 1915 events in Ottoman Empire as genocide, Turkey protests
SANTIAGO — In a historic move, the lower house of the Chilean Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, has officially recognized the events that unfolded in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide. Unsurprisingly, Turkey, which has long denied a genocide occurred despite overwhelming evidence and acceptance among genocide scholars, has…
Read More »Australian Liberal Party candidates call for recognition of Armenian Genocide
CANBERRA — On the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, one of the genocides committed by the Ottoman Empire and its allies against Christian peoples and other minority groups that killed millions, seven candidates of the Liberal Party of Australia issued a joint statement to the leader of the Opposition,…
Read More »President of Universal Syriac Union Party in Lebanon Ibrahim Mrad calls for a public national day for the 1915 Sayfo Genocide
BEIRUT — President of Universal Syriac Union Party (USUP) in Lebanon Ibrahim Mrad called on the Lebanese parliament to approve a public national day in honor for the 1915 Sayfo Genocide, during which 750,000 Syriacs (Arameans-Chaldeans-Assyrians) martyrs, one and a half million Armenians, 250,000 Syriac-Maronites and other Christians of Mount…
Read More »Armenians in Zalin, North and East Syria, commemorate 109th anniversary of genocide
ZALIN, North and East Syria — On the 109th anniversary of the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian, Greek, Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean), and other peoples, Armenians in Zalin (Qamishli), North and East Syria, marked the day on Tuesday, 24 April, with a solemn march, candle-lighting, and calls for…
Read More »Armenian, Greek, and Syriac–Assyrian communities unite in Sydney march for genocide recognition
SYDNEY — The Armenian, Greek, and Syriac (Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) communities in Australia came together for a joint march in Sydney on 21 April calling for international recognition of the genocide of Christian peoples in the Ottoman Empire. Clerics, politicians, and numerous community members participated, urging the government of Australian Prime Minister…
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