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Harvard Expert: Events in 1915 Are Genocide by All
Criteria of Genocide

22.04.2006 21:17 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Leading politicians and groups from
a range of communities are joining with Armenians in
their battle to ensure that the Armenians’
early-20th-century history be taught as genocide,
writes the Boston Globe. As the article Armenians Get
Allies in Genocide Teachings, the Armenians are
fighting a federal lawsuit that seeks to include
opposing views of the Armenian Genocide in teaching
materials for Massachusetts high schools. A rally
yesterday at the State House drew representatives from
the diverse coalition, including members of local
Jewish and Irish communities, as well as the
prosecutor general and the vice-governor of the State,
who intend to run for Massachusetts governor, in a
testament to the political clout that the Armenian
community has in Massachusetts.

In its turn the Boston Herald cites Harvard genocide
expert Helen Fein. “It is a genocide by all criteria
of genocide,” said Fein, director of the Institute for
the Study of Genocide. “It’s insulting and ridiculous
to argue with these deniers,” she said. “Given the
fact that Turkey continues its denial campaign, it
becomes that much more important for the U.S. and
other countries to remember and reaffirm what happened
so we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past,” said
Bryan Ardouny, head of the Armenian Assembly of
America (AAA).