AZG Armenian Daily #240, 27/12/2007

Genocide Recognition

USA – WAY TO ADOPTION OF H.RES. 106

Law S.888 on bringing to trial persons involved in
genocidal actions, adopted December 10-15 by the
Representatives Chamber of the US Congress, is
extremely important for punishing all those people who
committed genocide and took refuge in the United
States, "Armenian Mirror Spectator" reports the
statement by the Armenian Assembly of America.

According to the old law, replaced by S.888, only the
crimes committed on the territory of the USA and/or by
a citizen of the USA could be qualified as genocide.
The new law empowers the law enforcement structures to
persecute all foreigners who had committed or had been
engaged in crimes qualified as genocide and had
entered the United States.

In this way we simply prevent our country from being
used as means of avoiding responsibility, says
president of Representatives Chamber juristic
commission John Conyers.

We are proud of supporting Conyers and being agree
with him that this is not the end. The next step shall
be the long-expected adoption of H.Res. 106, which is
to put an end to all kinds of negationism, states
director executive of the Armenian Assembly of America
Bryan Ardouni.

By H. Tsulikian