Zoryan Institute, starting from the day of its foundation, has always been and is faithful to its adopted mission in genocide studies. The study of genocide helps us understand the conditions under which genocide and other acts of mass...
Zoryan Institute, starting from the day of its foundation, has always been and is faithful to its adopted mission in genocide studies. The study of genocide helps us understand the conditions under which genocide and other acts of mass violence are likely to take place. It exposes the warning signs of impending violence and it...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Turkish investigative journalist Uzay Bulut published on the Gatestone Institute’s website an article titled, “Turkish Textbooks: Turning History on Its Head.” Bulut wrote: “Turkish government authorities have targeted their own indigenous peoples of Anatolia, namely the Pontic Greeks and Armenians. In the twentieth century, Ottoman Turkey largely...
Photo: Q&A with Kadir Akın & Garo Paylan facilitated by Dr. Matthew Ari Jendian -Photos by Nicholas Jendian FRESNO — On Friday, April 19, 2024, Fresno hosted the film RED, an official selection of 2018 The Pomegranate Film Festival in Toronto, and the crowd gathered had the opportunity to hear from the producer...
“We’re not going to let a genocide like this [1915] happen in Armenia in 2024!” – Amb. Sam Brownback April 25, 2024 WASHINGTON, DC – Ambassador Sam Brownback, a globally respected former U.S. Senator, Kansas Governor, and U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, delivered an impassioned plea to the Biden...
On April 24, we commemorate and bow to the memory of the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide committed in the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. Starting from 1915, as a result of the crimes against humanity committed by the government of the Young Turks around...
On 3 April United Nations Human Rights Council in its 55th session adopted by consensus the resolution on the “Prevention of Genocide” tabled by Armenia. Based on the Convention on “Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide” this biennial resolution calls for the attention of the UN member states...
Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna vowed to start the process of official recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Estonian Parliament. He said this at today’s meeting with Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan after visiting the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial. “Estonians owe it to the Armenians to...
December 9, 2023, Toronto: Today marks the 75th Anniversary of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. For the past 75 years, these United Nations principles have provided the international community with a set of standards...
Over 100 Academics at British universities have signed a statement in support of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia following Azerbaijan’s invasion on 19 September. In the weeks since September 19th, 2023, more than 100 academics from British universities have united to address the unfolding events in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) and the British...
Open Letter to the Rabbinical Centre of EuropeFrom the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (IIGHRS, A Division of the Zoryan Institute) September 11, 2023 Dear Rabbinical Centre of Europe: As a non-profit organization dedicated to genocide and human rights studies since 1982, the International Institute for Genocide...