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California Senate commemorates Armenian Genocide, calls for return of historic church property

 Asbarez – On April 17, the California State Senate passed Senate Resolution 29 declaring April as a month of Armenian Genocide Recognition, commemorating the Armenian Genocide, calling for Turkey to return historic church properties to rightful ...
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French presidential candidate François Fillon vows to endorse law criminalizing denial of Armenian Genocide

 In case of being elected president French Republican candidate François Fillon will mark April 24 as the remembrance day of Armenian Genocide victims as his predecessors did, “Armenpress” reports Fillon told Nouvelles d’Armenie. “It’s ...
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Rapper Marc 2Ray’s “1915” video depicts the Armenian Genocide

 EINPresswire.com – Rising Washington Metropolitan Area rapper Marc 2Ray unleashes a visual for his gripping “1915” single, produced by Grammy Award-nominated producer, Godfather. With the video depicting Marc’s real-life connection to the ...
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Pasadena Unified school district issues Armenian Genocide Resolution

 Asbarez – In its annual recognition of the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Pasadena Unified School District’s (PUSD) Board of Education, at its well-attended meeting, issued on March 30 the Genocide Resolution to the attending ...
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Proceeds from ‘The Promise’ will create human rights institute at UCLA

 $20 million of proceeds from the upcoming Armenian Genocide movie “The Promise” will be used to create a new institute within UCLA’s law school, The Los Angeles Daily News reports. The Promise Institute for Human Rights “will put our law ...
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“The Promise” Premieres in LA

 (L to R) Eric Esrailian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, and Cher attend the Hollywood Premiere of ‘The Promise’. The historical drama “The Promise” premiered in Los Angeles April 12 and got another boost from some Armenian-American ...
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11 Celebrities Promoting Armenian Genocide-Themed “The Promise” To Open in Theatres April 21

  After surviving a targeted effort by Turkish lobbies to derail its success, the Armenian Genocide film The Promise will open in American theaters next week. And Hollywood celebs are getting the word out. Two months after the film’s Toronto Film ...
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U.S. Lawmakers Urge Trump To Recognize Armenian Genocide

 U.S. congressmen David Cicilline (L), Ed Royce (C) and Eliot Engel lay flowers at the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan, 24Apr2014. (RFE/RL)- More than 80 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have called on U.S. President Donald Trump ...
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Palm Sunday Celebrated in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and Antelias Cathedral

 On April 9, under the presidency of Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Armenian Church celebrated the Feast of Palm Sunday, which commemorates the triumphant entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. P Follo...
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Brazil’s São Miguel Arcanjo city recognizes Armenian Genocide

 Brazil’s São Miguel Arcanjo city has recognized the Armenian Genocide, founder of Armenian Chamber of Commerce of Brazil Sargis Karamekian informed “Armenpress”. “The City adopted a law on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Unfort...
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