YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, ARMENPRESS. Advancing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, the new initiative aimed at raising awareness and condemning the crime against humanity committed in the beginning of the 20th century titled “#2015RTAG. Recognize the Armenian Genocide” continues to grow. As reports “Armenpress”, a special internet website 2015rtag.com has been developed due to the efforts of the initiative’s authors.

The website targets the involvement of a larger number of people. The photos of individuals, who have already joined the #2015RTAG movement, are posted on the website.

The fact of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman government has been documented, recognized, and affirmed in the form of media and eyewitness reports, laws, resolutions, and statements by many states and international organizations. The complete catalogue of all documents categorizing the 1915 wholesale massacre of the Armenian population in Ottoman Empire as a premeditated and thoroughly executed act of genocide, is extensive. Uruguay was the first country to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965. The massacres of the Armenian people were officially condemned and recognized as genocide in accordance with the international law by France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Canada, Vatican and Australia.