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Eleven German MPs under police protection in ‘genocide’ row
12 июня, 2016
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Eleven German MPs under police protection in ‘genocide’ row

Eleven German MPs of Turkish origin have been put under police protection. They received death threats after supporting a move to describe the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. Germany's foreign ministry has warned MPs of Turkish origin against travelling to Turkey, saying their security there could...

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German MPs recognise Armenian ‘genocide’ amid Turkish fury
02 июня, 2016
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German MPs recognise Armenian ‘genocide’ amid Turkish fury

The German parliament has approved a resolution declaring that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One was a "genocide". Turkey is bitterly opposed to the Bundestag (lower house) resolution, and has warned that it could hurt ties. Armenians say up to 1.5 million of their people died in the...

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US House Votes to Declare IS Genocide against Christians, Yazidis
15 марта, 2016
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US House Votes to Declare IS Genocide against Christians, Yazidis

CAPITOL HILL—The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed, by a 383-to-0 vote, a bipartisan resolution declaring that systemic violence committed by Islamic State (IS) against Christians, Yazidis, Kurds and other ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and Syria constitutes genocide. The resolution calls on...

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