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    U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION REJECTED ARMENIAN ATTORNEY'S REQUEST FOR GENOCIDE DOCUMENTATION

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    02.10.2008 16:55 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ A civil action against the National Archives and
    Records Administration of the United States was filed seeking documents
    as they relate to the Armenian Genocide of 1914 to 1925. (Vartkes
    Yeghiayan v. National Archives and Records Administration of the
    United States of America, Case No. CV08-16248, U.S. District Court,
    Central District of Calif., Sept. 23, 2008).

    "Repeated efforts have been made to procure these documents,
    but the National Archives has been non-responsive," said Mark
    MacCarley, partner with Glendale, Calif.-based MacCarley & Rosen
    who is representing plaintiff Vartkes Yeghiayan. "Its actions are in
    violation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)."

    The initial request by Yeghiayan occurred in April 2006. "The
    National Archives acknowledged receipt of the request, but has not
    provided the information despite repeated inquiries from my client,"
    said MacCarley. "The National Archives, without explanation, has
    exceeded the generally applicable 20-day deadline for processing FOIA
    requests. We simply want the requested documentation."

    Yeghiayan is an attorney who has successfully litigated lawsuits
    in State and Federal courts against U.S. and foreign businesses for
    Armenian Genocide asset restitution. More than 1.5 million Armenians
    were killed during the genocide with millions more deported from the
    Ottoman Empire. Yeghiayan filed the FOIA request because he believes
    documents being held by the U.S. government that would identify
    countries having either direct complicity in the Armenian Genocide
    or profited by the Ottoman Turks' actions against Armenians.

    "This lawsuit is on behalf of Armenian-Americans who are seeking
    documentation and information that could shed light on what happened
    to their loved ones during the Armenian Genocide," said Yeghiayan,
    Gibrahayer.com reports.
    From: Baghdasarian
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