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Istanbul, Apr 26 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Tolga Bozoglu) A group of people demonstrated on Monday in Istanbul to protest after US President Joe Biden became the first president in US exercise that describes as "genocide" the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1915.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY.
A night vigil is held at a ceremony in Kigali paying tribute to victims 30 years after the Rwandan genocide. The 100-day massacre at the hands of Hutu extremists started on April 7 in 1994 and claimed the lives of 800,000 people, largely Tutsis but also moderate Hutus. IMAGES
Moscow, May 4 (EFE).- (Camera: EFE) US President Joe Biden’s recognition of the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide is a wake-up call for global democracy, Armenia’s foreign minister said.INTERVIEW WITH ARA AIVAZIAN, ARMENIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.TRANSLATION:"The saddest legacy of the Armenian genocide is its impunity. The perpetrators and organizers fled international justice. For dozens of years, the Armenian people have fought for historic truth and justice. ""President Biden's declaration will be a strong push for the global recognition of our tragedy but I have to say we live in a real world run by interests, and each country will pursue its own interests."
Washington, Apr 24 (EFE).- With the White House release Saturday of a statement describing the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 as a result of the policies of Turkey's then rulers as "genocide," Joe Biden became the first president of the United States willing to offend the current Turkish government by using the highly freighted word for that horrible episode of World War I. (Camera: ETIENNE LAURENT)SHOST LIST: PROTESTERS COMMEMORATE THE 1.5 MILLION ARMENIANS KILLED IN THE OTTOMAN-ERA SLAUGHTER NEAR THE TURKISH CONSULATE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US.
Armenian Americans rally in Los Angeles on the 106th anniversary of the killings of Armenians by Ottoman troops. Earlier on Saturday, Joe Biden became the first US president to recognize the 1915 killings as genocide. It's a watershed moment for descendants of the hundreds of thousands of dead as Biden defied decades of pressure by Turkey. IMAGES