-PRESS RELEASE- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 12, 2019 Contact: Sevag Belian (613) 235-2622   OTTAWA - On Thursday, April 11, 2019, Shahen Mirakian, president of the Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC), testified at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding their ongoing study on how to combat online hate [...]

-COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE- POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE 12 avril, 2019 Contact: Sevag Belian (613) 235-2622   OTTAWA - Le jeudi 11 avril 2019, Shahen Mirakian, président du Comité national arménien du Canada (CNAC), a témoigné devant le Comité permanent de la justice et des droits de la personne de la Chambre des communes au sujet de [...]

-PRESS RELEASE- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Martin Sampson, CIJA msampson@cija.ca 613-219-3500 OTTAWA, April 10, 2019—In recognition of Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation, and Prevention Month, a coalition of civil society organizations are joining together to solemnly commemorate and condemn acts of genocide and recommit to working together to prevent genocide. Events are scheduled to take place in [...]

-COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE- POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE Renseignements: Martin Sampson, CIJA msampson@cija.ca 613-219-3500   OTTAWA, le 10 avril 2019 – Dans le cadre du Mois de la commémoration, de la condamnation et de la prévention du génocide, des organismes de la société civile se réunissent pour commémorer et condamner solennellement les actes de génocide et réaffirmer leur engagement [...]

-PRESS RELEASE- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2019                                                              Contact: Sevag Belian (613) 235-2622   OTTAWA - This week, the Armenian National Committee of Canada is joining the Rwandan Tutsi community in Canada and around the world to solemnly commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. “As [...]

-PRESS RELEASE- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2019 Contact: Sevag Belian (613) 235-2622   OTTAWA - On Tuesday, March 19th, the inaugural meeting of the “Parliamentary Friends of the People of Artsakh” was held in Ottawa, with the presence of various members of parliament and representatives of the Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC). “In [...]

-COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE- POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE 28 février, 2019 Contact: Sevag Belian (613) 235-2622   Ottawa - Le Comité national arménien du Canada se joint aujourd'hui aux Arméniens du monde entier pour se rappeler solennellement des pogroms de masse systématique commis par les forces nationalistes azerbaïdjanaises contre la population arménienne pacifique de Sumgait, il y [...]

-PRESS RELEASE- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2019                                                                  Contact: Sevag Belian (613) 235-2622   Ottawa — Today, the Armenian National Committee of Canada joins Armenians around the world in solemnly remembering the systematic mass pogroms committed by Azerbaijani nationalist forces against the peaceful Armenian population of Sumgait, thirty-one years ago. The [...]

-COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE- POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE 19 fevrier, 2019 Contact: Sevag Belian (613) 235-2622   Ottawa - Il y a 15 ans de ce jour, le lieutenant de l'armée arménienne, Gurgen Margaryan, avait été brutalement assassiné par le lieutenant azerbaïdjanais Ramil Safarov, alors que les deux hommes participaient à un cours en Hongrie parrainé par [...]

-PRESS RELEASE- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2019 Contact: Sevag Belian (613) 235-2622     Ottawa – 15 years ago today, Armenian Army lieutenant, Gurgen Margaryan, was brutally axed to death by Azerbaijani lieutenant Ramil Safarov, while both men were participating in a NATO-sponsored course in Hungary. Despite political pressure and continuous calls upon the [...]