Last month marked the 100th anniversary of the first major genocide of the 20th century. The massacre of over one million Armenians by the Ottoman government in 1915 continues to fuel a fierce debate about what constitutes “genocide,” which groups were victims, and who were the criminals. It is past time, however, for the world to acknowledge this genocide, and many others that have never received the international recognition they are due.Ever since Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-Jewish legal scholar, first used the term “genocide” to describe the Nazi extermination of Europe’s Jews, both victims and perpetrators of mass persecution have …read more
Source: The American Interest
