Thousands of Armenians demand recognition of Armenian Genocide in New York

YEREVAN, APRIL 25, ARMENPRESS. Thousands of Armenians gathered in Times Square, New York on April 24 to demand the official recognition of the Armenian Genocide, “Armenpress” reports, amny.com informs about this.

Many people wore T-shirts commemorating the Armenian Genocide and several people held signs, like “End Denial.”

A grandchild of the Armenian Genocide survivor, 50 year old Violette Dabaghian stressed the importance of continuing the struggle for justice by their kids. “I tell it to them all the time, you just can’t forget, it happened”, she said.

“Everyone is here to hear what the American government has to say and it’s really powerful. Lots of people share your feelings and understand, still remember the genocide”, Lusine Hakobyan said.

Senator Charles Schumer called it “an outrage” that the genocide wasn’t recognized as it should be.Schumer said, speaking to the crowd: “Every time genocide occurs we say never again and we must. The Statue of Liberty stands for something, and one of the things it stands for is remembering the genocide done to the Armenian people”, US Senator said.