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ARMENIA
April 24, 1915:
The Ottoman authorities arrested 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul and executed or deported them. April 24 is Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day.
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On April 24, 2009:
The Armenian Genocide Memorial will stage an extensive set of commemoration activities in April, including on April 24 at the Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial in Yerevan, as well as in New York and Los Angeles.
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
April 6, 1992
Serbian forces lay siege to the city of Sarajevo and began a campaign of ethnic cleansing in response to the Bosnian government declaring independence from Yugoslavia and creating a multi-ethnic state.
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On April 6, 2009:
Organizations in Bosnia, including the Society for Threatened Peoples and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, will work with us to stage an event in Sarajevo to commemorate those lost and honor those who survived ethnic cleansing.
CAMBODIA
April 17, 1975:
Khmer Rouge forces entered Phnom Penh, defeated the ruling Lon Nol Army, and forced an evacuation of the city to forced labor camps. April 17 is Cambodian Genocide Commemoration Day.
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On April 17, 2009:
We are working with Cambodian civil society organizations, particularly the Center for Social Development in Phnom Penh, to organize a commemoration event on April 17.
DARFUR
April 2003:
Large numbers of civilians became internally displaced within Darfur and refugees from Darfur began arriving in eastern Chad to escape attacks by government forces and the Janjaweed militia.
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In April 2009:
The Save Darfur Coalition is staging a major rally in Washington in April 2009. That event will call for the immediate end to the slaughter in Darfur. Today, more than 400,000 Darfuris are dead, millions have been displaced and hundreds of thousands more are right now dying a slow and painful death of starvation, disease and abandonment.
HOLOCAUST
April of 1943
Beginning on April 19, 1943, Jewish residents in the Warsaw Ghetto staged an uprising against the Nazis and became a symbol of the invincibility of the human spirit. In 1951, the Knesset set the 27th of Nissan as Yom HaShoah, as an official day of remembrance for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust.
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On April 21, 2009:
Israel sounds air-raid sirens for two minutes beginning at 10:00 am to mark Yom Ha Shoah. The country comes to a standstill for a silent commemoration of the Holocaust.
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum presents its annual “Days of Remembrance,” as do Holocaust museums around the world. In Berlin, an event will take place on April 21 in the Community Hall.
RWANDA
April 7, 1994:
Rwandan Armed Forces and Hutu militia (the Interahamwe) set up roadblocks and went from house to house killing Tutsis and moderate Hutu politicians.
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On April 7, 2009:
April 2009 marks the 15th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide and Rwandan organizations plan activities throughout the 100-day period. Survivor organizations will have a range of ceremonies during the week of April 7. IBUKA, an umbrella network of survivors in Rwanda, will partner with the Genocide Prevention Project.
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