ISSUE OF GENOCIDE TO BE INCLUDED IN MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL PROGRAMS
NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY
JUNE 15, 2009
VASHINGTON
In a major blow to Turkey’s global campaign to suppress the truth
about the Armenian Genocide, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Mark
Wolf ruled in favor of the Massachusetts Department of Education,
allowing it to continue teaching the facts of the Armenian Genocide
and other crimes against humanity in schools’ history books and speak
about this in public schools.
According to the Azg daily, the Armenian Assembly of America (AAA)
appreciates the court’s decision emphasizing that it sends a clear
message to Turkey and its revisionist allies that history cannot be
rewritten to further Ankara’s state-sponsored denial campaign. Carolyn
Mugar, the Board’s President stressed that owing to the overwhelming
historical and legal evidence documenting the incontestable fact
of the Armenian Genocide, this ruling is a victory for all those
concerned about genocide education and prevention of such crimes.