Police block April 23 Armenian Genocide commemoration event in Istanbul armenpress.am/eng/news/88792… @armenpress

Coğrafyanın ilk sosyalistleri Paramaz,yoldaşları bugün İttihat ve Terakki yönetimi katletti. Van yargılamasında sözleri. "İstediğimiz eşitlik,talebimiz Ermeni, Türk, Kürt, Alevi, Laz, Yezidi,Süryani,Arap ... eşit koşullarda yaşamak. Devrimciler olarak bu hedefe ulaşacağız.

“. . .You can kill our bodies but not our ideology.” -Mateos “Paramaz” Sarkisian 15 June 1915 (Constantinople): Ottoman authorities hang 20 Armenian Social Democratic (Hunchakian) Party activists in Sultan Beyazıt Square.

“. . . the mass murder of over 1,000,000 Armenians in Turkey in 1915 is a case of genocide which conforms to the statutes of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.”   13 June 1997 (Montreal): The Association of Genocide Scholars (n/k/a IAGS) unanimously passes Armenian Genocide Resolution; condemns genocide denial by Turkey and its agents and supporters.

Magzaberd, A medieval Armenian fortress overlooking the Akhurian River near the ancient capital of Ani. Built as part of Ani’s defensive network, its huge stone walls and towers have stood for centuries. Originally built by the Bagratunis of Ani.

Çanakçı Village in Turkey (Bingol district). Before 1915 the Armenian population consisted of 177 households and in the centre of the village stood the Surp Giragos Church dated 1817. Today it’s mostly an Alevi Kurdish village. The church is listed as a protected monument.

Mezarlar, insanların hatırlandığı, yasın tutulduğu ve hafızanın kuşaktan kuşağa aktarıldığı yerlerdir. Bir insanı mezarsız bırakmak ise onu toplumsal hafızadan ve tarihten silmeye yönelik bir girişimdir. Bu nedenle mezarsız ve mekânsız bırakılarak hafızanın dışına itilmek istenen kayıplarımızın isimlerini yaşatmaya, hikâyelerini kamusal alanda anlatmaya devam ediyoruz. 1107.haftamızda bir kez daha hatırlatıyoruz: Gözaltında kaybedilenlerin ve devlet eliyle yok edilenlerin mezar yerlerinin ortaya çıkarılması, hafızanın, adaletin ve insan onurunun yeniden tesis edilmesinin temel koşullarından biridir. #CumartesiAnneleri1107Hafta

Before-and-after images of the Roman ruins show that the Israeli strike blew off the top section of an ancient column - at a minimum. The entrance to the site was also completely shattered. As someone who has wandered countless times through these picturesque vestiges, it was deeply dystopian to see debris scattered across Tyre’s cherished archaeological site. I could not identify any military targets that would justify striking a UNESCO-protected area.

Nearly 60 years after Israeli forces attacked the USS Liberty, killing 34 Americans, Congressman Thomas Massie is demanding a reckoning. Al Jazeera’s Ava Warriner explains the attack, the alleged cover-up that followed, and the questions that remain unanswered.

This is exactly how the Democrats - the party of genocide - are going to behave. If they get a majority, this attitude will worsen. They only rely on the fear of Trump to win, nothing else. Some of them may have some nicer words than ‘get her out’ but ultimately their party’s genocide is non-existent for them, it has to be because they are directly culpable. For the Democrats, the Palestinians will remain a pathetic tragedy and a rhetorical device when necessary - they might give in on AIPAC to an extent, but AIPAC isn’t the only pro-Israel lobby group or donor. No amount of progressives elected under the umbrella of the party will change what it is.

Today, the people of Herat, Afghanistan, took to the streets to protest the Taliban’s arrest of up to 60 women. In response, the Taliban used violence and opened fire on the demonstrators. #bantaliban Ban Taliban !!!

“The deportation began some six weeks ago with 180 families from Zeitoun, since which time all the inhabitants of that place and its neighbouring villages have been deported. . .”* 8 June 1915: As 1000s of Zeytun Armenians are deported, Ottoman govt renames the town Süleymanlı.

“There is plenty of mute evidence in the hundreds of thousands of skeletons scattered throughout the Turkish Empire that the Turks sought to exterminate the Armenians by systematic massacre.”   6 June 1919: NY Evening World headline says “Armenian Massacres by Turks Total 1,000,000;” “. . .[i]t was a tale of bloody butchery that we heard.”

Thank you Thomas Massie for recognizing the heroic members of the USS Liberty, which was attacked by Israel, where 34 crew members were killed and 174 were wounded. Why did our “greatest ally” attack us??

How “nice” to see Zelenskyy now expressing concern for Armenians. A gentle reminder: during 9-month blockade of Artsakh, his administration called it “pumped up,” & after Azerbaijan did ethnic cleansing in Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh, he was among first to congratulate Azerbaijan.

Oh, plötzlich? Wo waren Sie eigentlich, Frau vonderLeyen, als unser alter Wertepartner Aserbaidschan 120.000 Armenier in Bergkarabach bombardiert, getötet oder vertrieben hat?

It's been 100 days since the US reportedly bombed a girls school in Iran, killing 100 kids. I pressed members of Congress on what they're doing in response to one of the most horrific war crimes in modern US history. Some didn't even know about it. And some just didn't care:

The @LemkinInstitute is deeply concerned about the sovereignty of the Republic of Armenia, which has once again come under threat from Azerbaijan and its allies, this time ahead of the Armenian parliamentary election on June 7, 2026. On May 10, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev implied that if Armenians were to elect a Prime Minister other than the incumbent Nikol Pashinyan, then Azerbaijan would invade Armenia, a threat he has made consistently since 2020. Prime Minister Pashinyan has been echoing this coercive electoral ultimatum as part of his campaign, portraying himself as the only alternative to war. We affirm that Armenia’s sovereignty is non-negotiable and appeasement may not be the best approach to protecting it. Whatever happens with Armenia’s election on June 7, the international community must apply a genocide prevention mechanism to economic and diplomatic relations in the South Caucasus. The Lemkin Institute urges the international community to finally take seriously the threats faced by Armenians in the South Caucasus. Azerbaijan committed genocide in 2023 and will not stop at that single instance of the crime. Similar to the outcome of the world’s passivity towards Israel, the impunity that has been granted to the current genocidal Azerbaijani regime by international actors, especially in the West but also including Russia and many states in the so-called Global South, is a major threat to peace and security in the South Caucasus region. Read full statement: bit.ly/ArmeniaElections

The kidnapping and arbitrary detention of these four women, which should concern us all, has become a normal feature of Israel’s brutal occupation: the ability to enter any home, kidnap and imprison anyone anytime, because you can and because the media will not so much as report on it. If the nationalities of women and their captors were reversed it would be frontline news everywhere as it rightly should be! States claiming to care about women, to have a feminist foreign policy must walk the talk on Palestinian women and girls too!