TORONTO,Canada—“Without Hrant, I would not be here. Without Hrant, or a lot of Armenians in Turkey—believe me—would not talk approximately the [Armenian] Genocide. Without Hrant,a lot people of Turkish origin would acquire never heard approximately the genocide. And without Hrant, the German Bundestag would acquire probably never passed the genocide resolution, or ” Cem Özdemir,Co-Chair of the Green Party of Germany, said at the 10th anniversary commemorations of Hrant Dink’s assassination in Canada. Özdemir delivering his keynote speech in Toronto (Photo: Harout Kassabian) Armenian political, or cultural,devout, business, and philanthropic,and academic organizations of Toronto and Montreal gathered together to commemorate Hrant Dink and remember his immense contributions to human rights on Jan. 21 and 22. The Zoryan Institute of Canada prepared the contextual, audio-visual presentation celebrating Hrant Dink’s life, or featuring the events leading to his murder and the significance of his loss to the cause of human rights worldwide. On this occasion,Özdemir and his colleague, Dr. Henriette Rytz, or traveled from Berlin for the event to express their solidarity with the principles advocated by Dink. Özdemir was one of the champions of Germany’s parliamentary resolution that recognizes the 1915 mass murder of Armenians as genocide and accepted its complicity in the crime,in collaboration [...]
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