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  • Activists urging support for the recognition of Armenian Genocide

    PanARMENIAN.Net

    Activists urging support for the recognition of Armenian Genocide
    02.05.2009 22:36 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Five activists from Rhode Island traveled last week
    to Washington, DC for the "End the Cycle of Genocide" advocacy days
    organized by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) and the
    Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net), reported the ANC of Rhode
    Island (ANC-RI).

    `It is our duty as victims of genocide to meet and urge lawmakers to
    take action,' commented ANC-RI Chair George Mangalo. `Decisive action
    needs to be taken to ensure the proper recognition of the Armenian
    Genocide as well as ending the genocide in Darfur.'

    Over the course of several days, ANC-RI activists met with the entire
    congressional delegation from the Ocean State. The group also met with
    Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed. Throughout the meetings,
    the activists stressed the importance of recognition of the Armenian
    Genocide and asked for support to help end the genocide in Darfur. The
    activists also requested that the current aid levels to Armenia and
    Karabagh be increased and end to military aid to Azerbaijan. On all
    these issues, the Rhode Island activists received positive feedback
    from their Members of Congress.

    On April 24th, Sen. Jack Reed, an active supporter of human rights
    issues, made a statement on the Senate floor in recognition of the
    Armenian Genocide.
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