President Joe Biden’s Armenian Genocide Remembrance Statement fails to address Azerbaijan’s genocide against Artsakh Armenians. WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s statement marking the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide remained shamefully silent on the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh’s indigenous Armenian population last year – a genocide aided and abetted by U.S. tax dollars, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). “President Biden cynically using the remembrance of Turkey’s genocide of Armenians from 1915 to 1923 to shield Azerbaijan from the genocide it is committing toda ..read more

Amb. Sam Brownback calls on the Biden administration to stand up for Armenia at AYF March for Justice Rally in front of the White House WASHINGTON – Ambassador Sam Brownback, a globally respected former U.S. Senator, Kansas Governor and U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, delivered an impassioned plea to the Biden administration on April 24th – Armenian Genocide Justice Day – to stand with Armenia against an imminent threat of invasion by Turkey and Azerbaijan, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). Amb. Brownback issued his powerful remarks in front of th ..read more

A still shot from presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s video, which accompanied his Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day statement, issued on April 24, 2024. WASHINGTON – Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. delivered a powerful pro-Artsakh message yesterday in a statement and video shared live with Armenian Americans gathered at the White House for a protest demanding justice for the Armenian Genocide, organized by the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF). Kennedy’s statement – a robust defense of the rights of indigenous Armenians to return to Artsakh – called for decisive U.S. le ..read more

On the eve of the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, we are facing new existential challenges. Today, more than ever, there is a need to renew the issue of protecting our inalienable rights. In the last few years, the Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem’s hostile attacks against Armenia and the Armenian people have gained new momentum. It is obvious that the demand to refrain from pursuing the international recognition of the Genocide is one of the preconditions that is consistently dictated. The representatives of the Armenian government have already openly started promoting the Turkish denialist a ..read more

The International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA), the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center are pleased to invite you to their next 2024 Literary Lights event featuring Armen Davoudian, author of a Publishers Weekly & The Rumpus Most Anticipated Poetry Book of 2024, The Palace of Forty Pillars. Davoudian will be joined by celebrated author and UCLA professor, Anahid Nersessian. The event, co-sponsored by the Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) and The Offing literary magazine, will take place virtually on Ma ..read more

ARLINGTON, Mass.—Yearning for their homeland, lost to the Soviet takeover of the Republic of Armenia on November 29, 1920, drove close to a hundred thousand Armenians scattered throughout the world, mainly from the Middle East and Europe, to respond to the call of Soviet Armenian authorities in 1946 to repatriate to their ancestral homeland. This historic scheme launched about 80 years ago (1946-1949), known as the Mets Hayrenadardzut’iun (Great Repatriation) or simply nergaght’ (in-migration), proved to be a major disappointment and disillusionment, resulting in demoralized masses, broken fam ..read more

Spring is in the air, and with that our Genocide commemoration season is upon us. Times have certainly changed since the “great re-awakening” in 1965, when our remembrances were supplemented with activism. Today our cause for justice is a year-round mission and not simply a spirited event in April. There is obvious good news with that evolution, but it also represents a challenge.  In the past, our observances were largely mournful religious gatherings coupled with demonstrations demanding meaningful but distant objectives. Activism was defined primarily as international recognition of th ..read more

Eliza: A Memoir of Love and ResistanceBy Eliza Aharon (Der Melkonian) Sachaklian; translated by Arpena Sachaklian Mesrobian; introduction by Marian Mesrobian MacCurdyPublished by Gomidas Institute Books Eliza: A Memoir of Love and Resistance fills the gap in literature about Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The memoir contributes to both Armenian Studies and Armenian Genocide studies. Eliza Aharon (Der Melkonian) Sachaklian provides a spirited account of her life, from surviving the Hamidian Massacres and the 1909 Adana Massacres, to starting a new life and family in America. Sachaklian detail ..read more

Artsakh Recent satellite imagery updates from Google Earth have uncovered the devastating aftermath of Azerbaijan’s actions in the Armenian village of Karintak, located in the Shushi region of Artsakh. The once-thriving village, nestled beneath the cliffs of Shushi and bordered by the Karkar River, has been subject to extensive destruction, as documented by the Artsakh cultural heritage monitoring website. The comprehensive destruction of Karintak includes the annihilation of its historical and cultural landmarks and vital community infrastructure.  The family of Ruben Vardanyan, former A ..read more

Residents of Tavush communities protesting the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation and land handover (Photo: Anthony Pizzoferrato) YEREVAN—As the world solemnly commemorated the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan unveiled the commencement of the delimitation and demarcation process in the Tavush region, involving the unilateral handover of four Armenian border villages to Azerbaijan. This move has sparked widespread criticism that Pashinyan has not only undermined Armenian territorial integrity but has also exposed the nation to further vulne ..read more