Schwarzenegger orders to mourn Armenian ‘genocide’ victims: reports
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced April 19-26
as a week of commemorating the victims of the alleged genocide of
Armenians, a claim on the World War I-era mass killings in the
Ottoman Empire, Armenian reports say.
Schwarzenegger said in a statement that "the horrors of the past should be recalled to prevent a repetition of history".
"The Armenian genocide is a terrible violation of human rights and an event that insulted the world," the statement claimed. "1.5 innocent Armenians lost their lives in 1915-1923, having succumbed to mass killings in the Ottoman Empire, and 500,000 others were forced to leave their homeland."
Historians note that during the developments, Armenians had begun an uprising. They took up arms against Turkey and assisted Russia, one of Turkey’s enemies in WWI. To counter these actions, the Ottoman Empire decided to resettle the Armenians. The latter claim that their predecessors were subjected to genocide in the process, while Ankara rejects the allegations and has offered to research the events through a joint commission of historians.*
Schwarzenegger said in a statement that "the horrors of the past should be recalled to prevent a repetition of history".
"The Armenian genocide is a terrible violation of human rights and an event that insulted the world," the statement claimed. "1.5 innocent Armenians lost their lives in 1915-1923, having succumbed to mass killings in the Ottoman Empire, and 500,000 others were forced to leave their homeland."
Historians note that during the developments, Armenians had begun an uprising. They took up arms against Turkey and assisted Russia, one of Turkey’s enemies in WWI. To counter these actions, the Ottoman Empire decided to resettle the Armenians. The latter claim that their predecessors were subjected to genocide in the process, while Ankara rejects the allegations and has offered to research the events through a joint commission of historians.*
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