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Los Angeles, California -- A civil action against the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States was filed yesterday seeking documents as they relate to the Armenian Genocide (1914 to 1925). (Vartkes Yeghiayan v. National Archives and Records Administration of the United States of America, Case No. CV08-16248, U.S. District Court, Central District of Calif., Sept. 23, 2008).
"Repeated efforts have been made to procure these documents, but the National Archives has been non-responsive," says Mark MacCarley, partner with Glendale, Calif.-based MacCarley & Rosen who is representing plaintiff Vartkes Yeghiayan. "Its actions are in violation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)."
The initial request by Yeghiayan occurred in April 2006. "The National Archives acknowledged receipt of the request, but has not provided the information despite repeated inquires from my client," says MacCarley. "The National Archives, without explanation, has exceeded the generally applicable 20-day deadline for processing FOIA requests. We simply want the requested documentation."
Yeghiayan is an attorney who has successfully litigated lawsuits in State and Federal courts against U.S. and foreign businesses for Armenian Genocide asset restitution. More than 1.5 million Armenians were killed during the genocide with millions more deported from the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). Yeghiayan filed the FOIA request because he believes documents are being held by the U.S. government that would identify countries having either direct complicity in the Armenian Genocide or profited by the Ottoman Turks actions against Armenians.
"This lawsuit is on behalf of Armenian-Americans who are seeking documentation and information that could shed light on what happened to their loved ones during the Armenian Genocide," says Yeghiayan.
Center for Armenian Remembrance
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The House Foreign Relations Committee voted yesterday to condemn the killings of Armenians during World War I as an act of genocide on the part of the Turkish government. The vote was non-binding and so is largely symbolic, but it's really ticked off the Turks, who have said they will reconsider their support of the Iraq War if the measure passes in the main body of the House.
What I don't understand is why the House is making an issue of this right now. We're talking about something from World War I. If it's waited this long, probably not going to be a big problem to put it off a couple more years. Unless they're trying to make the war in Iraq harder to sustain by straining relations with Turkey? That seems way too sneaky to be the case, and it would probably hurt our troops more than bring an end to the war.The House Foreign Relations Committee voted yesterday to condemn the killings of... more
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The 1915 genocide of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians in the dawn of the Ottoman Empire is widely accepted as such by most of the world. However, efforts to pass a bill in Congress that would officially recognize the event as a genocide by the United States has been met with opposition by George Bush, who fears that it would result in a straining of relations with Turkey. The New Republic makes some other interesting observations about the bill, which goes to vote before Congress today.The 1915 genocide of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians in the dawn of the Ottoman... more
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As second and third generation survivors feel the impact of the Armenian Genocide, they remember the immeasurable loss of life and shed light on this injustice through commemoration events and music.As second and third generation survivors feel the impact of the Armenian Genocide,... more
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