Armenian Genocide posters placed in Paris subway stations
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YEREVAN, APRIL 8, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Genocide posters have been placed in Paris Subway stations. The picture of the poster is from Bardig Kouyoumdjian's book "Deir Zor on the trails of the Armenian genocide of 1915". “Armenpress” News Agency reports about this citing Horizon Weekly.
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, Australia and Bolivia.