WASHINGTON–With the Armenian National Committee of America and Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net) two-day anti-genocide advocacy campaign as a backdrop, Members of Congress called for decisive action to end the cycle of genocide during a Capitol Hill Observance held on March 22nd. Ten Members of Congress, including House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa Chairman Donald Payne [...]

WASHINGTON–In testimony today to a key panel of the US House of Representatives, the Armenian National Committee of America reinforced the critical role that US assistance continues to play in the growth of the US-Armenia relationship and the promotion of stability throughout the region. ANCA Government Affairs Director Kate Nahapetian, in remarks submitted to a [...]

WASHINGTON–Anti-Genocide advocates from across the United States converged on Capitol Hill on March 22 and 23 to urge Members of Congress to pass Armenian Genocide legislation (H.Res.106/S.Res.106), support targeted Sudan Divestment legislation (S.831) and ensure proper funding for peacekeepers to help stop the ongoing genocide in Darfur, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). [...]

This is the day of the opening of a "church-museum," which the Minister of Cultural Affairs turned into a mess. Whatever the intention was, it looks like a "cultural genocide." Today is indeed the day of the opening of the Ahtamar Church, which has been just restored, to "tourism," and which is expected to attract [...]

ANKARA–(Dow Jones)- The United States will witness "repercussions" from Turkey, a key ally, if the US Congress approves proposals to categorize the World War I deaths of thousands of Armenia’s fleeing the Ottoman Empire as genocide, the Turkish Foreign Minister told Dow Jones Newswires on Friday. The Turkish military is also poised to crack down [...]

The Armenian Relief Society of Western USA, Regional Executives Javakhk Fund Committee held its third annual fundraiser on March 11 aboard the M.V. Majestic ship with about 200 sponsors and participants. More than $35,000 was raised for critically needed humanitarian assistance to the Armenia’s of Javakhk The program included a new video showcasing the accomplishmen’s [...]

When the Southern California Armenian-American community gathered Sunday, March 4 to celebrate the second anniversary of the USC Institute of Armenian Studies and honor a former ambassador to Armenia, generosity was infectious. Before dinner was served, Stanley Gold, chairman of the USC Board of Trustees, challenged the 1,000 attendees to expand their support for the [...]

WASHINGTON–The Armenian National Committee of America welcomed the passage Friday by the US Senate of legislation, S.888, closing a legal loophole that prevents the US Justice Department from prosecuting people in the United States who have committed genocide in other countries. The measure, known as the Genocide Accountability Act, was approved only two weeks after [...]

Listening to Democracy Now! the other day, I heard Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich actually make sense, and still manage to stay within the confines of a long sound bite. The man’said, If youre for peace, you dont vote for war funding. He was explaining his opposition to the legislation recently passed by the House [...]

WASHINGTON–Congresswoman Diane Watson, a leading member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Friday warned her colleagues not to be misled by the Turkish government’s token efforts to use the renovation of a single Armenian Church to obscure its longstanding policy of destroying Armenian cultural heritage and denying the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee [...]

SAN FRANCISCO–The Genocide Education Project is pleased to announce the Call for Entries for the 2007 Aharonian Award. The Aharonian Award recognizes and rewards a secondary level educator who has developed a particularly effective lesson plan for teaching the Armenian Genocide. The lesson plan must have been used in a classroom during the current academic [...]

ISTANBUL (Combined Sources)The historic Holy Cross Cathedral at Akhtamar Island in historic Armenia was inaugurated amid controversy and backlash by Armenia’s around the worked. The inauguration ceremony marked the completion of the Turkish-government funded $1.9 million renovation of the church. Turkish officials are posturing that the opening of the church would smooth relations with Armenia. [...]

WASHINGTON–The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday adopted human rights legislation, authored by the panel’s chairman and presidential candidate, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), condemning the murder of journalist and human rights activist Hrant Dink and calling on the Turkish government to repeal the law, Article 301, under which he was prosecuted, reported the Armenian National Committee [...]

YEREVANThe Armenian Foreign Ministry issued an announcement regarding the opening of the Holy Cross Church in Akhtamar. The ministrys acting spokesperson Vladimir Karapetian made the following remarks: We are pleased that the Armenian Church of Holy Cross on Akhtamar island, a jewel of world architecture, has been beautifully restored and renovated, albeit without a cross, [...]