Armenian community is still waiting to hear from Congress
By Haykaram Nahapetyan - 12/27/10
The Hill's Congress Blog
The “lame-ducking” Congress did not vote on H-Res 252 recognizing the period of systematic massacres of the Armenian people during the WW1 as genocide. On March 4th, it passed House Foreign Affairs Committee with 23 to 22 votes but speaker Nancy Pelosi did not bring the Armenian Genocide Resolution to the floor agenda, despite her initial pledge. There was a certain pressure from State Department as well as from the Turkish lobby in order to prevent it from happening....
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It’s noteworthy that President Barack Obama, Vice President Biden, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton actively supported the Armenian Genocide Resolution, when they were candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency in 2008. Read more...
Showing posts with label Armenian Genocide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Armenian Genocide. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
From the news
US urged to extradite ex-Nazi suspect to Serbia
Dec. 22 - Associated Press. Forbes.com.
Former Nazi in Seattle area. He and his unit are accused of murdering over 17,000 Jews in Serbia.
Yad Vashem has compiled list of over 4 million names of Holocaust victims
Dec. 22 - By Nir Hasson. Haaretz.com.
Authority in Jerusalem says more than 1.5 million names were added to the archives in the last decade.
Controversial genocide resolution may hit floor of House in final days
Dec. 19 - By Bridget Johnson. The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
Schools across the country recognize the Armenian genocide and teach about it as such - when will Congress finally address it appropriately?
Center will tell Cambodian story
Dec. 17 - Greg Mellan, Press-Telegram
New Khmer Genocide Study and Resource Center in California
Dec. 22 - Associated Press. Forbes.com.
Former Nazi in Seattle area. He and his unit are accused of murdering over 17,000 Jews in Serbia.
Yad Vashem has compiled list of over 4 million names of Holocaust victims
Dec. 22 - By Nir Hasson. Haaretz.com.
Authority in Jerusalem says more than 1.5 million names were added to the archives in the last decade.
Controversial genocide resolution may hit floor of House in final days
Dec. 19 - By Bridget Johnson. The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
Schools across the country recognize the Armenian genocide and teach about it as such - when will Congress finally address it appropriately?
Center will tell Cambodian story
Dec. 17 - Greg Mellan, Press-Telegram
New Khmer Genocide Study and Resource Center in California
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Between the Two Rivers: A Story of the Armenian Genocide - BLOG!
Aida Kouyoumjian, author of Between the Two Rivers: A Story of the Armenian Genocide, a book describing her mother's experience during and after the Armenian genocide, has a blog!Learn about the book, read reviews, and more...
Between the Two Rivers is available to borrow from the Holocaust Center's library or you can find it on the Amazon.com - it is on the best seller list!
Please Note - if you link to Amazon through the Holocaust Center's homepage - use the Amazon search box - Amazon will donate a small percentage of your purchase to the Holocaust Center!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
School Regulations - studying genocide in Massachusetts and Texas
School Can Exclude Materials Disputing Armenian Genocide
By ANNIE YOUDERIAN
Courthouse News Service
(CN) - Massachusetts public schools can exclude material disputing the Armenian genocide in guidelines for teaching human rights, the 1st Circuit ruled in a closely watched case.
A Turkish cultural group had objected to a draft of the guidelines, which referred to "the Armenian genocide" and stated that the "Muslim Turkish Ottoman Empire destroyed large portions of its Christian Armenian minority population" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Turkish government has denied that the mass killings in 1915 constituted genocide, instead linking the tragedy to deportations during a brutal civil war. Most Armenians insist that the killings were part of a planned, systematic extinction of between 1 million and 1.5 million Armenian Christians. Read more...
New standards for Holocaust, genocide studies in TX high schools
By LESLIE CONTRERAS SCHWARTZ
Jewish Herald Voice
The Texas Education Agency has set new state standards for Texas social studies and history classes that include the teaching of the Holocaust and other genocides in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills criterion.
The new standards, which are now mandatory for the first time, were proposed and created by the effort of the recently formed Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission, with help from Holocaust Museum Houston and the Houston Independent School District. The standards went into effect in June. Read more...
By ANNIE YOUDERIAN
Courthouse News Service
(CN) - Massachusetts public schools can exclude material disputing the Armenian genocide in guidelines for teaching human rights, the 1st Circuit ruled in a closely watched case.
A Turkish cultural group had objected to a draft of the guidelines, which referred to "the Armenian genocide" and stated that the "Muslim Turkish Ottoman Empire destroyed large portions of its Christian Armenian minority population" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Turkish government has denied that the mass killings in 1915 constituted genocide, instead linking the tragedy to deportations during a brutal civil war. Most Armenians insist that the killings were part of a planned, systematic extinction of between 1 million and 1.5 million Armenian Christians. Read more...
New standards for Holocaust, genocide studies in TX high schools
By LESLIE CONTRERAS SCHWARTZ
Jewish Herald Voice
The Texas Education Agency has set new state standards for Texas social studies and history classes that include the teaching of the Holocaust and other genocides in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills criterion.
The new standards, which are now mandatory for the first time, were proposed and created by the effort of the recently formed Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission, with help from Holocaust Museum Houston and the Houston Independent School District. The standards went into effect in June. Read more...
Monday, October 26, 2009
Darfur: Debate Over Obama's Sudan Policy - TIME
Darfur Activists Frustrated with Obama's Sudan PolicyTIME
By Daniel Pepper
By Daniel Pepper
Photo: Sudanese fighters of the Justice and Equality Movement on the Sudan-Chad border in northwest Darfur Stuart Price / AFP / Getty
.....(excerpt) - On Oct. 19 the White House released its much delayed Sudan policy. It proposes a series of "incentives and pressures" designed to encourage the government of Sudan to end the slaughter of civilians in Darfur and credibly implement the 2005 peace agreement between the Arab north and the animist and Christian south. While the exact carrots and sticks remain classified, advocacy groups have responded to the overall approach with cautious optimism. The Save Darfur Coalition released a statement saying it cautiously welcomes the new policy but that "its success will depend on implementation backed by sustained presidential leadership." ...
Article includes links to related articles on the topic, photos of Darfur and Sudan, and a video.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Obama Marks Anniversary of Armenian Genocide
NPR - All Things Considered, April 24, 2009
President Obama marked the 94th remembrance day for the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Turks during World War I. As a candidate, Obama called the killings genocide. On a trip to Turkey as president last month, he shied away from that description.
Click here to listen (2min 9 sec)
President Obama marked the 94th remembrance day for the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Turks during World War I. As a candidate, Obama called the killings genocide. On a trip to Turkey as president last month, he shied away from that description.
Click here to listen (2min 9 sec)
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