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Statements
Statement on BBC HARDtalk Anchor Stephen Sackur s Interview with Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan
January 26, 2023
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention is shocked and horrified that BBC HARDtalk Anchor Stephen Sackur offered genocide as one of two “realistic options” facing Armenians in Artsakh during an interview with Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan that aired on 23 January 2023.
Statement on the Police Murder of Keenen Anderson in Los Angeles, USA
January 23, 2023
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention condemns the murder of Keenan Anderson by Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on January 3, 2023. Anderson, who was a father and 10th grade English teacher visiting LA from Washington, DC, had been in a traffic accident and called police for help. When police arrived, multiple officers chased him, pinned him down, and repeatedly tased him, at one time for 30 seconds straight. Anderson died a few hours later at a hospital as a direct consequence of police brutality.
Statement on the Police Assassination of Manuel Esteban Paez Terá
January 23, 2023
The Lemkin Institute protests the apparent assassination of environmental activist Manuel Esteban Paez Terá, a 26-year old protester in the state of Georgia who went by the name “Tortuguita,” or “Little Turtle.” Terá was shot by US police on January 18 as the police launched a raid on a protest encampment set up to protect the public South River Forest from a $90 million taxpayer-funded police training facility that opponents call “Cop City.” This raid is a recent example of strong-arm techniques being used by the American security apparatus to destroy all efforts to reign in the growing police state and to imagine more transformative futures in the country.
Statement on the Lunar New Year Massacre in Monterey Park, California
January 23, 2023
In the United States, the Lunar New Year opened with another mass shooting, at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, which killed eleven people and injured nine. This is the thirty-third mass shooting in the United States this year. A motive for the shooting is still unclear. Survivors interviewed by the press have told of a man with a long gun and rolls of ammunition shooting indiscriminately into the crowd at the local ballroom and dance club. The man was recently identified as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran. He died by suicide in his van shortly after the shooting.
Statement - Artsakh Crisis (II)
January 19, 2023
The blockade, which has been going on for more than a month, is having devastating consequences on the Armenian population of Artsakh causing a humanitarian crisis. Although the pseudo-environmentalists carrying out the blockade claim to have peaceful goals, any kind of siege constitutes a criminal act and it is far from being a peaceful protest.
Statement - Artsakh Crisis (I)
January 18, 2023
The blockade, which has been going on for more than a month, is having devastating consequences on the Armenian population of Artsakh causing a humanitarian crisis. Although the pseudo-environmentalists carrying out the blockade claim to have peaceful goals, any kind of siege constitutes a criminal act and it is far from being a peaceful protest.
Statement on the US Supreme Court s Hearing of Haaland v. Brackeen
December 7th, 2022
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention is carefully monitoring the United States Supreme Court case Haaland v. Brackeen, a case which will determine the constitutionality of the landmark Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978, which sought to ensure that Native American children were not placed in foster care outside of their families and communities. Halland v. Brackeen challenges the constitutionality of ICWA, arguing that the bill provides an unfair race-preference in favor of Indigenous adoptive parents over non-Indigenous parents. However, supporters have identified the historical destruction of the Indigenous family structure as the root of ICWA’s passage and view ICWA as a crucial part of efforts to address the intergenerational harm caused by the genocidal policies of child removal in the United States.
Statement on the Genocidal Nature of the Gender Critical Movement’s Ideology and Practice
November 29, 2022
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention voices its concern over the growing number of laws introduced in the United States that target transgender individuals and the transgender community. Anti-trans hostility in the US has become a staple of the Republican Party’s election strategy and is clearly being used to stoke voters’ fears of a changing world by raising the specter of a malevolent polluting force tied to liberalism, cosmopolitanism, and democracy. The Lemkin Institute believes that the so-called “gender critical movement” that is behind these laws is a fascist movement furthering a specifically genocidal ideology that seeks the complete eradication of trans identity from the world.
Statement on Self-Determination of Armenians in Artsakh (South Caucasus): There is No Peace or Prosperity through Genocide
November 24, 2022
The Lemkin Institute voices its solidarity with and support for the people of the Republic of Artsakh, who turned out in Stepanakert on October 30th in historic numbers to rally for the self-determination of the territory.
Statement on the Threatened Execution of Protesters in Iran
November 16, 2022
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention is deeply disturbed by the news of the Iranian Parliament’s vote on November 8th in favor of executing arrested protesters, which could impact nearly 15,000 detained people, many of them children. The Lemkin Institute condems the use of the death penalty for any crime, but especially in response to political protests and legitimate criticism of the Iranian government.