WORLD
Belgian MP Özdemir dismissed because of genocide denial
Belgian politician of Turkish origin Mahinur Özdemir is officially dismissed from her party, because she refused to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
AINA: ISIS destroyed 16 churches in Syria
Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) released a list of churches in Syria which were destroyed by ISIS and other radical Islamist groups. In the list, there are 3 Armenian churches.
Turkey in ‘anti-terror coalition’
Saudi Arabia declared that an ‘anti-terror coalition’ is formed. Turkey is one of the 33 Islamic countries in the coalition.
National Front loses
Far-right National Front (FN) lost on the second round of the regional elections after being the leading party on the first one. Republicans triumphed with the support of the left-wing voters.
Azerbaijani human rights defender Leyla Yunus released
Being under arrest for a year and a half, Azerbaijani human rights defender Leyla Yunus is placed on supervised release.
“Genocide denial” bill pending in France
French Parliament sent the bill that considers the denial of genocide as an offense to the committee for re-discussion.
A call to Duma from Armenians in Russia
Union of Armenians in Russia declared that they support the bill on the denial of Armenian Genocide that is brought in the Russian parliament and made a call to Duma.
Killing the culture of living together
After ISIS’ terrorist attacks that shattered Paris and the whole world, the experiences and their affects have been discussed in a detailed way. Having worked as Turkey correspondent of Le Monde between 2004 and 2014, Guillaume Perrier reported the current situation in Paris for Agos.
Half of the US doesn’t “recognize” the genocide
According to the research that is carried by Zogby Analytics, only the 35% of the Americans knows about the Armenian Genocide.
Paris massacre: raids to 150 places, parliament to gather
Today in Paris, where one of the bloodiest attacks in Europe happened, public places are opened and the operations against ISIS suspects continue.