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Raphael Lemkin

In Defense of Samantha Power

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 06.10.2013 | Politics
Read More: Rwanda, Genocide Prevention, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Joseph Lieberman, Alan Dershowitz, Ineragency Atrocities Prevention Board, Barack Obama, Srebrenica, Bosnian Genocide, Elie Wiesel, Samantha Power, J.J. Goldberg, Genocide, Raphael Lemkin, The Holocaust, Michael Oren, A Problem From Hell, Politics News
Menachem Rosensaft

Those of us who admire all that Samantha Power has already accomplished in the human rights arena and believe her to be an inspired choice as UN ambassador must speak out on her behalf.

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Criminalizing Mass Murder: 65 Years After The UN's First Condemnation Of Genocide

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 02.14.2012 | World
Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Darfur Genocide, Genocide, Raphael Lemkin, The Holocaust, UN Genocide Convention, Yugoslavia Genocide, World News
Menachem Rosensaft

We must keep in mind that while posthumous justice for the victims of genocide is an important consideration, the most critical imperative has been the prevention of future carnages. One need only look at Darfur to realize that this goal is far from accomplished.

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Et Tu Obama? Letter from a Former Admirer

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Turkey, Ronald Reagan, Afghan War, Azerbaijan, George W. Bush, politifact.com, Armenian Americans, Washington DC, Ankara/Turkey, Iraq, Armenian Genocide, Karabagh, Campaign Promises, 1915, Yerevan, Pope John Paul II, April 24, Obameter, Iran, Armenia, Armenian Diaspora, George H.W. Bush, Raphael Lemkin, Israel, Pres. Obama, Armenian-Genocide-Bill, Arf, World News
Harut Sassounian

Mr. President, we are now terribly disappointed because you acted not much differently than your predecessors on the Armenian Genocide issue.

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