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    Gov. Brown Issues Proclamation on Genocide Anniversary

    asbarez
    Friday, April 27th, 2012

    Gov. Brown

    SACRAMENTO - Gov. Jerry Brown issued a proclamation on the anniversary
    of the Armenian Genocide. Below is the text of the proclamation:

    Between 1915 and 1923, Armenians were subjected to torture,
    starvation, mass murder and exile from their historic homeland. 1.5
    million lost their lives. The Armenian Genocide, also known as the
    `First Genocide of the Twentieth Century,' represented a deliberate
    attempt by the Ottoman Empire to eliminate all traces of a thriving
    noble civilization.

    Armenian communities all over the world commemorate this tragedy on
    April 24. On this day, we honor the victims and survivors of the
    genocide, and reaffirm our commitment to preventing future atrocities
    from being committed against any people.

    NOW THEREFORE I, EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Governor of the State of
    California, do hereby proclaim Tuesday, April 24, 2012 as `Day of
    Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.'

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great
    Seal of the State of California to be affixed this 19th day of April
    2012.

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