Dennis Brutus, supporter of reparations to Armenians, passed awayJanuary 8, 2010 - 13:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Dennis Brutus was a world-renowned human rights activist who had a major role in the struggle against Apartheid in his native South Africa and later in various struggles for life and justice around the globe. He passed away on Dec. 26, 2009, in Cape Town.He was instrumental in organizing the 1999 protests of the WTO in Seattle, a major figure in the World Social Forum seeking an alternative global political and economic order, and a leader of the emerging global reparations movement for apartheid, slavery, mass rape, genocide, corporate abuse, and environmental damage. He was the co-chair of the committee that organized the 2005 Global Reparations Symposium at Worcester State College, which featured discussions of reparations for South African Apartheid, US Slavery and Jim Crow, the Comfort Women System by Japan, Native American genocides and dispossessions, and the Armenian Genocide. He became a supporter of the Armenian right to reparation and invited panelists to submit their symposium papers for a forthcoming issue of the Armenian Review on reparations, Armenian Weekly reported. The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |