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April 11 2015
Eight days in, man fasting for Armenian Genocide recognition remains positive
Much more than ten pounds lighter but nevertheless in good spirits,
Agasi Vartanyan gave a thumbs up Friday from his glass perch in
Burbank exactly where he has lived on only water for the final eight
days.
Much more than ten pounds lighter but nevertheless in good spirits,
Agasi Vartanyan gave a thumbs up Friday from his glass perch in
Burbank exactly where he has lived on only water for the final eight
days.
“I feel seriously good. I’m comfortable,” he
mentioned via a translator. “You can't harm your physique in
this way if you’re performing it for a trigger.”
Vartanyan’s planned public fast of 55 days is meant to cast
international focus on what he calls an injustice to the 1.five
million Armenians who had been killed beneath the command of the
Ottoman Turks starting a century ago this year.
>From 1915 to 1923, Armenians were forcibly deported from their homes
and killed as part of a systemic ethnic cleansing that also affected
Assyrians and Pontic Greeks.
Historians, scholars and human rights activists contact it the very
first genocide of the 20th century. But the Turkish government
maintains the deaths have been a result of betrayal and civil unrest
in what was then a collapsing Ottoman Empire.
Currently the issue remains politicized, with both the United States
and Turkish governments refusing to get in touch with it genocide.
Armenian-American activists have stated the U.S. government
won’t officially recognize the killings as genocide mainly
because it would hurt relations with Turkey, a NATO ally. Locally,
Rep. Adam Schiff has taken up the bring about, hoping to push the
Obama administration to officially acknowledge it as a genocide.
Vartanyan, a Glendale resident, has stayed inside the enclosure
constructed on a high platform outside St. Leon Armenian Cathedral in
Burbank since April 3. Most of the front of the enclosure, which
measures practically 12 feet by 12 feet, is a glass wall, allowing the
public to see him day and night, although there is some privacy.
He’s been offered 55 gallons of water, a couple of clothing, a
lounge chair and a television.
His story has not only attracted Armenians, but several other people
who want to discover about genocides, mentioned Sokrates Karimian, the
chief executive officer of the nonprofit Crimes Against Humanity
— Never Once again (CAHNA), which formed to raise worldwide
awareness on genocides previous and present. The organization is
supporting Vartanyan’s rapidly.
“His rapidly has not only mobilized Armenians, but persons from
all walks of life calling for justice,” Karimian mentioned.
“We’re quite happy that we can educate individuals by
means of his optimistic act.”
Vartanyan once fasted for 50 days in 2006 although living in Russia.
He mentioned he chose to quickly for 55 days to beat his personal
record and mainly because he’s 55 years old. His wellness is
getting monitored consistently by a doctor and nurse. He’s gone
from 224 pounds to 213 pounds.
“People are always stopping by and they’re so good sharing
encouraging words. That raises my spirits,” he mentioned Friday
by way of a translator. “People have been very kind and they
guarantee to pray for me.”
He said his determination to raise awareness about the Armenian
Genocide is what keeps him motivated.
“I’m doing this so that individuals who don’t know
about the Armenian Genocide understand about this attempt to do away
with a people today,” he said. “I want Turkey and this
nation to acknowledge the genocide. That would make me satisfied if I
played even a compact part in generating that come about.”
http://www.thepicayuneleader.com/breaking/eight-days-in-man-fasting-for-armenian-genocide-recognition-remains-positive-h5024.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
April 11 2015
Eight days in, man fasting for Armenian Genocide recognition remains positive
Much more than ten pounds lighter but nevertheless in good spirits,
Agasi Vartanyan gave a thumbs up Friday from his glass perch in
Burbank exactly where he has lived on only water for the final eight
days.
Much more than ten pounds lighter but nevertheless in good spirits,
Agasi Vartanyan gave a thumbs up Friday from his glass perch in
Burbank exactly where he has lived on only water for the final eight
days.
“I feel seriously good. I’m comfortable,” he
mentioned via a translator. “You can't harm your physique in
this way if you’re performing it for a trigger.”
Vartanyan’s planned public fast of 55 days is meant to cast
international focus on what he calls an injustice to the 1.five
million Armenians who had been killed beneath the command of the
Ottoman Turks starting a century ago this year.
>From 1915 to 1923, Armenians were forcibly deported from their homes
and killed as part of a systemic ethnic cleansing that also affected
Assyrians and Pontic Greeks.
Historians, scholars and human rights activists contact it the very
first genocide of the 20th century. But the Turkish government
maintains the deaths have been a result of betrayal and civil unrest
in what was then a collapsing Ottoman Empire.
Currently the issue remains politicized, with both the United States
and Turkish governments refusing to get in touch with it genocide.
Armenian-American activists have stated the U.S. government
won’t officially recognize the killings as genocide mainly
because it would hurt relations with Turkey, a NATO ally. Locally,
Rep. Adam Schiff has taken up the bring about, hoping to push the
Obama administration to officially acknowledge it as a genocide.
Vartanyan, a Glendale resident, has stayed inside the enclosure
constructed on a high platform outside St. Leon Armenian Cathedral in
Burbank since April 3. Most of the front of the enclosure, which
measures practically 12 feet by 12 feet, is a glass wall, allowing the
public to see him day and night, although there is some privacy.
He’s been offered 55 gallons of water, a couple of clothing, a
lounge chair and a television.
His story has not only attracted Armenians, but several other people
who want to discover about genocides, mentioned Sokrates Karimian, the
chief executive officer of the nonprofit Crimes Against Humanity
— Never Once again (CAHNA), which formed to raise worldwide
awareness on genocides previous and present. The organization is
supporting Vartanyan’s rapidly.
“His rapidly has not only mobilized Armenians, but persons from
all walks of life calling for justice,” Karimian mentioned.
“We’re quite happy that we can educate individuals by
means of his optimistic act.”
Vartanyan once fasted for 50 days in 2006 although living in Russia.
He mentioned he chose to quickly for 55 days to beat his personal
record and mainly because he’s 55 years old. His wellness is
getting monitored consistently by a doctor and nurse. He’s gone
from 224 pounds to 213 pounds.
“People are always stopping by and they’re so good sharing
encouraging words. That raises my spirits,” he mentioned Friday
by way of a translator. “People have been very kind and they
guarantee to pray for me.”
He said his determination to raise awareness about the Armenian
Genocide is what keeps him motivated.
“I’m doing this so that individuals who don’t know
about the Armenian Genocide understand about this attempt to do away
with a people today,” he said. “I want Turkey and this
nation to acknowledge the genocide. That would make me satisfied if I
played even a compact part in generating that come about.”
http://www.thepicayuneleader.com/breaking/eight-days-in-man-fasting-for-armenian-genocide-recognition-remains-positive-h5024.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress