Over 35 families move to Armenia from Dubai within Return Home action framework

April 25, 2010 - 09:23 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - We resolved to return home so as to unite our efforts in a struggle for Genocide recognition. Turkey has to be held responsible for the blood on 1,5 million Armenians massacred, former resident of Dubai, now a citizen of Armenia Abraham Apenian said.

As he told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, over 35 families moved to Armenia from Dubai within Return Home action framework; 15 families will return to Armenia in June 2010.

As he noted, on April 24, Dubai commemorates Genocide victims by a series of events.

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.

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the Genocide survivors.

Present-day Turkey denies the fact of the Armenian Genocide, justifying the atrocities as “deportation to secure Armenians”. Only a few Turkish intellectuals, including Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk and scholar Taner Akcam, speak openly about the necessity to recognize this crime against humanity.

The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, Italy, 45 U.S. states, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Argentina, Belgium, Austria, Wales, Switzerland, Canada, Poland, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, the Vatican, Luxembourg, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Sweden, Venezuela, Slovakia, Syria, Vatican, as well as the European Parliament and the World Council of Churches.