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    BILLBOARDS URGING GENOCIDE RECOGNITION TO GO UP IN MASS.

    http://asbarez.com/109152/billboards-uring-genocide-recognition-to-go-up-in-mass/
    Monday, April 1st, 2013

    by Ara Khachatourian

    Genocide billboard

    BOSTON-During the month of April, Peace of Art, Inc., will be
    displaying the Armenian Genocide commemorative billboards to honor
    the victims of the Armenian Genocide, calling for recognition and
    condemnation of the genocide. Peace of Art, Inc. is a nonprofit
    educational organization that uses the universal language of art to
    address human concerns and to promote peaceful solutions to conflict.

    This year the billboards will be located in the Massachusetts cities
    of Foxboro, Watertown, and Cambridge.

    Artist Daniel Varoujan Hejinian, president and founder of Peace of Art
    Inc., said that "with these billboards we are honoring the memory of
    the victims of the Armenian Genocide, calling upon the international
    community to recognize the Armenian Genocide, and to condemn the
    perpetrators. He added, "98 years have passed but the bloody hand
    prints of the horrible events of 1915 stained the pages of the world
    history, when 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives."

    The 2013 billboard depicts the bloody hand prints on the words
    'Armenian Genocide' over a black background. Since 1996, Hejinian
    has been calling for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. In
    2004 Peace of Art, Inc. began to sponsor the commemorative billboards
    honoring the victims and calling for the recognition of the Armenian
    Genocide. This year's message further calls for the condemnation
    of genocide.

    "The Armenian Genocide is not a matter of concern for Armenians
    alone but to everyone. Genocide is a crime against humanity. Without
    recognition and condemnation, the Armenian Genocide remains a wound
    that continues to bleed, under the hand prints of the culprit,"
    said Hejinian.

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