Speech #1100157800

In the late 1800s. the situation became worse. Ottomans began to provoke. exploit. and murder many Armenians. Europe and North America took notice. but were weary of the economic and political consequences of intervening. On this day in 1915. hundreds of influential and important Armenians were taken from their homes. imprisoned. and stripped of their remaining freedoms. The Ottoman military marched crowds of Armenians to be deported or exterminated. Hundreds of thousands Armenians were victims of this massacre. and an exact number of casualties is still unknown. The systematic. statesponsored extermination of these good. decent people demonstrates the need for protection of individual liberties and from injustice.