February 16, 2015

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WHEREAS, on the night of April 24, 1915, more than 200 leaders in the Armenian community, in the city known todas as Istanbul, were arrested. Sent to prison, most were executed, beginning a horrible, systematic killing and forced relocation of the Armenian people that would last until 1923. During these years, the government of the Ottoman Empire claimed the lives of 1.5 million Armenians and forced 500,000 more from their homeland. The Armenian Genocide was a terrible breach of human rights and an event that has outraged the world.