Mr. Speaker. I rise today to commemorate the 84th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On April 24. 1915. a group of Armenian religious. political. and intellectual leaders were summarily arrested. taken to Turkey and murdered. commencing a dark and solemn period in the history of Armenians. From 1915 to 1923. the Ottoman Empire launched a systematic campaign to exterminate Armenians. In eight short years. more than 1.5 million Armenians suffered through atrocities such as deportation. forced slavery. and torture. Most were ultimately slaughtered. And yet. despite irrefutable evidence. Turkey has refused to admit the Armenian Genocide occurred. and continues to harbor hatred towards its neighbors.
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