armenian genocide

There’s a Human Rights Tragedy in Asia, Too

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Nov 27, 2023 Ethnic Armenians have fled a once-thriving democracy in Artsakh after an offensive by the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Armenians Demand Recognition of Genocide at Los Angeles Protest

By Elen Chilingaryan Apr 30, 2016 President Obama has never made good on his promise to officially recognize the massacre of 15 million Armenians for what it was President Obama has never made good on his promise to officially recognize the massacre of 1. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Hundred-Year Walk

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Apr 22, 2016 April 24 is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. The 1.5 million Armenians who perished in the genocide are often an abstract statistic, but a powerful new book, based on the journals of the author's grandfather who lived through the atrocity, may help change that. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Armenian Genocide: 100 Years On, the Few Survivors Left Recall Events

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2015 Starting in 1915, about 1.5 million Armenians were marched through a declining Ottoman Empire, based in what is now Turkey, to their deaths in the Syrian town of Deir ez-Zor and surrounding desert. One hundred years later, only a handful of survivors remain to tell the stories of the Armenian genocide. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Model for an Accounting

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Apr 28, 2009 History demands an investigation into U.S. torture. We have a contemporary model for how to conduct a politically sensitive inquiry properly, without undue theatrics and with respect for classified information. It is the 9/11 commission. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )