We, the undersigned, express deep concern over the recent and troubling developments at the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute (AGMI) in Yerevan. On March 11, 2026, Dr. Edita Gzoyan, one of the most outstanding and...
We, the undersigned, express deep concern over the recent and troubling developments at the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute (AGMI) in Yerevan. On March 11, 2026, Dr. Edita Gzoyan, one of the most outstanding and dedicated directors in the history of the Institute, submitted her resignation — reportedly under pressure...
Toronto, ON December 9, 2025 – On the United Nations International Day of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide, established on December 9, 1948, Upper Canada College (UCC) hosted the Zoryan Institute’s high-school educational program. The Zoryan Institute, the parent organization of the International Institute for Genocide and...
The ANIV Foundation, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and the Heritage and Progress Foundation have published a Russian translation of Karnig Panian’s (1910–1989) “Memories of Childhood and Orphanhood: Story of a Boy Who Survived the Genocide”. The book presents a young child’s perspective on the genocide of Armenians in the...
Today, parliamentarians from all political parties and both Houses of the UK Parliament gathered at the Cenotaph in London to pay their respects and commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and call for the UK Government to recognise it as genocide. The ceremony opened with a speech...
As if we didn’t already have enough disputes among Armenians, a new argument surfaced last week between Arman Babajanyan, head of a minor pro-Western political party that supports Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and former Foreign Minister of Armenia Vartan Oskanian. On April 8, 2025, Babajanyan wrote on his Facebook...
Actor, writer, and producer Joe Manganiello offered a moving reflection on his great-grandmother’s survival of the Armenian Genocide and the legacy of generational trauma it left behind. In recounting her harrowing escape from Kharpert, Manganiello described how she survived a bullet wound, swam across the Euphrates River with her last remaining...
ANCA-Led Capitol Hill Observance Highlights Calls for POW Release and the Right of Return for Artsakh Armenians April 2, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional leaders joined with Armenian Americans and allies from across the country on April 2nd for the annual Capitol Hill observance of the Armenian Genocide, issuing bipartisan...
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 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...
