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[Yervant1]

The State of Rio de Janeiro recognizes the Armenian Genocide

Agencia Prensa Armenia

http://www.prensaarm...recognizes.html

The State of Rio de Janeiro recognized the Armenian Genocide on
Friday, July 24 through a law that establishes all April 24 as "Day of
recognition and memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide".

The law was enacted by the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando
Pezão.

Rio de Janeiro is the fourth State in Brazil that recognizes the
Genocide, along with Parana, Ceara and Sao Paulo. Months ago, the
Brazilian Senate passed a vote of solidarity with the Armenian people
for the centenary of crime against humanity.

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[MosJan]

[Yervant1]

The Story of the Armenian Genocide Recognition by Rio de Janeiro

Agencia Prensa Armenia

http://www.prensaarm...n-genocide.html

On July 21, the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão,
enacted Law 7046/2015 filed by Deputy Jorge Picciani, president of the
Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro, which establishes
all April 24 in Rio as the "Day of Recognition and Memory of the
Victims of the Armenian Genocide" in the official calendar.
http://alerjln1.aler...ight=0,382/2015

Rio de Janeiro is the fourth State in Brazil that recognizes the
Genocide, along with Parana, Ceara and São Paulo. Months ago, the
Brazilian Senate passed a vote of solidarity with the Armenian people
for the centenary of crime against humanity.

James Onnig Tamdjian, Director of Politics and International Relations
of the Armenian National Committee of Brazil, told Prensa Armenia that
"the Armenian communities of São Paulo and Osasco always played a key
role in the statements of local authorities in favor of Armenian
claims."

"In other Armenian communities of the State of São Paulo, such as the
city of São Jose do Rio Preto, there are declarations of solidarity of
the local legislatures with the Armenian people. The presence of
Armenian families in other states such as Ceara and Parana was also
important for political leaders to join in the cause," he said,
recalling the recognition by the Federal Senate.
http://www.prensaarm...recognizes.html

"In the case of Rio de Janeiro the initiative came from the president
of the Clube de Engenharia (Engineering Club) Francis Bogossian, son
of one of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide, Jacob Bogossian,
active member of the Armenian community in that city that fought for
decades for the maintenance of Armenian history," he added.

Clube de Engenharia is an organization founded in 1880 and now works
as a "think tank" and participates in discussions of national
development. On May 22, Francis Bogossian sent an official letter to
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Luiz Vieira Iecker,
transmitting the position of the board of the Clube to support the
Armenian Cause and calling for Brazil to officially recognize the
slaughter of the Armenian people as genocide.
http://portalclubede...nocidio-armenio
http://portalclubede....pdf/documentos

Following these steps, Deputy Jorge Picciani introduced the bill in
January, a project that was approved last week. The resolution of
Picciani notes that "on April 24, 1915, dozens of Armenian leaders
were arrested and killed in Istanbul. The slaughter was aimed to
exterminate the Armenian people and characterized by the brutality and
the use of forced marches with deportations that often led to death."

"More than twenty countries recognize the genocide of the Armenian
people, but the Turkish government denies that the deaths were
intentional," concludes the resolution.

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