PaulPallazola
April 24, 2016 Boston, Massachusetts
I took this photo last year at a demonstration commemorating the 101st anniversary of the “Armenian Genocide”. Human rights activists and Armenians living in the Boston area marched on the Turkish Consulate demanding reparations and an admission of the first 20th century “ethnic cleansing” slaughter, an atrocity which Hitler used as a blueprint for the Nazi Holocaust. Between 1915 and 1922 one and a half million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Empire, the state which is now known as Turkey.
Forced relocations, mass starvation, rape and torture were systematically used in an attempt to extinguish an entire ethnic group. The government of Turkey has continually denied this historical fact in the same way that contemporary Nazi sympathizers attempt to deny Hitler’s slaughter of six million Jews and Gypsies during the Third Reich. Most countries in the civilized world and 48 of the 50 United States have acknowledged the Armenian Genocide, as has Pope Francis I. This spirited march of several hundred in Boston is part of a worldwide campaign to demand reparations from Turkey and an admission of its role in this dark chapter of history.
those turks will never admit their crime, let alone pony up for reparations
I certainly don’t expect any decency from the current Turkish regime. I have faith in the future because youth is the only thing they can’t control.
We can only hope for improvement
Well done! Nice picture!
Thank you Georgi !!! 🙂
Lots of protests and marches these days.
Mass communication has made it easier to let people know about injustices and steps they can take to change them.