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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Genocide
is
defined as the
deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, religious, political,
or ethnic group. The word, from the Greek genos, meaning “race,”
“nation,” or “tribe,” and the Latin cide, meaning “killing,”
originated
from the tragic events in the Middle East during the end of the Ottoman
empire from 1910 to 1933, which called for a legal concept to describe
the deliberate destruction of large groups.
From 1843
to 1945, the Turks, Kurds, Arabs and Persians committed genocides
against the Assyrian nation and other Christian peoples in Asia Minor
[Middle East]. These international human rights violations were
crimes against humanity and served as examples for future atrocities of
this manner against the
Jewish people in Europe. In these genocides, 750,000
indigenous Christian Assyrians
living in their ancestral homelands (known today as the republics of
Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran), including 1½ million Christian
Armenians and 300,000
Hellenes
were burned, slaughtered, and shot systematically. Defenseless men,
women, children and the elderly all became victims of these genocides.
 Latest
news and information...
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Publisher and Human Rights Defender Ragip Zarakolu Arrested
Open Letter to "Facing History and Ourselves"
Museum of Fine Arts returns looted 'Weary Herakles' statue to Turkey
Australian Senator calls to officially recognize Armenian, Greek and Assyrian Genocides
Discriminative discourse in history textbooks upsets Assyrians
Turkey to Return Confiscated Property
The Jihad Against the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Christians
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Urges Turkey to Return Christian Churches
Film Exposes Genocide of Assyrian Christians
Resolution on the Genocide Committed against Christian Peoples: Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians in the Ottoman Empire Adopted
Professor Akcam Reveals Turkish Plan to Pay Scholars to Deny the Armenian Genocide
Senator Menendez Presses U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Nominee on Armenian Genocide
U.S. Congress House Resolution 306 - Urging the Republic of Turkey to safeguard its Christian heritage and to return confiscated church properties
Mass Grave of Armenian and Assyrian Genocide Victims Discovered In Turkey
The Boycott Turkey Campaign
Turkey destroys Armenian, Greek, Assyrian cultural artifacts
The Silent Extermination of Iraq's 'Christian Dogs'
Trilogy - April 24, 1915 - Before and After - The Lives of the Survivors
Cemal Pasha's Grandson Says Genocide, Morgenthau's Great Granddaughter Doesn't
Islamic Terrorists kill Assyrians in Baghdad Church
2010-2003 - Assyrians face Persecution and Genocide
Swedish Parliament Recognizes Assyrian Genocide
The Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides: An Inconvenient Truth
Facing Extinction: Assyrian Christians In Iraq
His Father Was One of the Perpetrators;
He is the First to Ask for Forgiveness Through Action
1909: Ottoman Document Archives Related to the Adana Massacres
 Armenian, Assyrian and Hellenic Genocide News Archives
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