{"id":88454,"date":"2011-04-22T13:35:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T08:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=88454"},"modified":"2011-04-22T13:36:53","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T08:36:53","slug":"time-to-recognize-the-armenian-genocide-kim-kardashian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2011\/04\/22\/time-to-recognize-the-armenian-genocide-kim-kardashian.html","title":{"rendered":"Time to Recognize the Armenian Genocide: Kim Kardashian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Kardashian posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/kimkardashian.celebuzz.com\/2011\/04\/21\/kim-kardashian-armenian-genocide-protest-recognize\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">blog note<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and sent a <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/kimkardashian\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">tweet<\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> <\/span><\/strong>to 7.2 million of her fans urging the United States government to recognize the Armenian Genocide and encouraging her fans to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dayofprayer\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Resurrection and Recognition: National Day of Prayer<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span>on April 24, reports <a href=\"http:\/\/asbarez.com\/95342\/kim-kardashian-blogs-tweets-about-obama-protest-%E2%80%98national-day-of-prayer%E2%80%99\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Asbarez.com<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet will amplify the voices calling on Obama to recognize the Armenian Genocide, among who are Grammy Award-winning artist and System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian and the Armenian National Committee of America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe applaud Kim Kardashian for calling on our government to recognize the Armenian Genocide.\u00a0Americans of good conscience want to see an end to the cycle of genocide and to do that, we have to start by calling evil by its name, and that\u2019s why we will be protesting President Obama\u2019s visit to California,\u201d said ANCA-Western Region Board chairperson, Andrew Kzirian.<\/p>\n<p>Kardashian\u2019s tweet was clear and concise: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/KimKardashian\/status\/61135898569490432\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>It\u2019s time to recognize the Armenian Genocide<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Picture-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88458\" title=\"Picture 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Picture-1.png\" alt=\"Kim Kardashian's tweet\" width=\"473\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Picture-1.png 473w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Picture-1-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Kardashian has called on the US Government to recognize the Armenian Genocide.\u00a0 In 2010, Kardashian called on Speaker Pelosi to schedule a vote on H.Res 252, the Armenian Genocide resolution.\u00a0 In that message, she said \u201cIt\u2019s time for America to speak openly and honestly about this horrible crime against humanity, and the only way this will happen is if WE speak up first.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Kardashian posted a blog note and sent a tweet to 7.2 million of her fans urging the United States government to &#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt 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