Episode 9: Interview with Dr. Anahit Khosroeva on US President Biden's Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
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Join us in an interview with Assyrian-Armenian scholar and human rights advocate Dr. Anahit Khosroeva to discuss US President Joe Biden's April 24, 2021 recognition of the Armenian Genocide. We discuss the history of Armenian Genocide recognition in the United States, the implications of Biden's decision, the importance of recognition to reconciliaton, and the relevance of this recognition to Armenia's future, to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, and to the wider Christian world in the Middle East, with particular focus on the Assyrian populations.We also bring out listeners up-to-date on recent news in genocide and its prevention, including:UK House of Commons recognition of the ongoing genocide in China against the Uyghur people;The struggle to identify and bury the victims of the Anfal genocide in northern Iraq;Recent attacks by Turkish forces against the PKK in northern Iraq;Threat of famine in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia;Recent testimony by Armenian POWS and survivors of torture during detention in Azerbaijan; andWhy Israel refuses to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
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