GEOFFREY ROBERTSON: WHAT HAPPENED IN 1915 IS NOT TRAGEDY, BUT INTERNATIONAL CRIME

13:36 22/04/2015 >> SOCIETY

What happened in 1915 is said to be a tragedy. It is not a tragedy,
but an international crime which we call genocide, Geoffrey
Robertson, founder and head of Doughty Street Chambers, stated at
the International Social and Political Global Forum against the Crime
of Genocide.

In his words, the world powers were aware about what was happening,
and they promised to bring the perpetrators to criminal liability,
but they did nothing.

He noted that this year Turkey has scheduled the Gallipoli
commemorations for April 24 to divert attention from the Armenian
Genocide, and some states are going to participate in the commemorative
events in Turkey. He stressed that Turkey’s denialism has had a
negative impact.

Geoffrey Robertson said that “this week the world is commemorating
the massacre of the Armenians, and it is called genocide, which is
mass killings on racial and religious grounds.”

He stressed that there is no doubt that the annihilation of half of
the nation is genocide.

From: Baghdasarian