April 2015 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, perpetrated by the Ottoman Turkish government and denied to this day by its successors. Genocide scholars consider the Armenian Genocide the template for all modern genocide.
Genocide denial – the last stage of genocide – threatens everyone. It fuels current genocides and emboldens those who would commit future atrocities. Stopping the cycle of genocide begins by speaking truthfully about past genocides.