George Clooney: Armenian Genocide not Only Pain of Armenian People, but of All Humanity

The Armenian Genocide of the part of the Armenian people’s history, however, it is not only the pain of Armenian people, but also of all humanity, famous actor George Clooney said this during “Against the Crime of Genocide” second Global forum. “We see that a long struggle is underway to reach the point that everything will be named accordingly. We see that steps are being conducted to call the Armenian massacres as genocide, however, they are being done very slowly, this struggle continues longer than it should be”, “Armenpress” reports, Clooney says.

Clooney stated that it is impossible to deny what happened, and what had happened with the Armenian people is Genocide. “You know, after Holoqost we always heard “never again” expression, however, it was followed by Rwanda, Kambojia. Bosnia, Darfur genocides” said Clooney.

Referring to the question by the moderator of the session which asked Clooney what forced him to help the victims of the Darfur Genocide, he said that grew up at the United States at a time when major developments and movements were taking place in terms of the protection of human rights. “When you see this, you cannot just simply ignore and turn it back. I should say that the glory is suffocation when are constantly followed by the cameras. However when I wrote articles about the events in Darfur, I decided that these cameras should follow not only me, but we should raise our concern on what happened there with the help of these cameras”, he said.

He also mentioned that he is the first time in Armenia and is very happy for participating in “Against the Crime of Genocide” second Global forum. “I am very happy and proud that I am here and participate in this extraordinary ceremony”, Clooney concluded.