Dean Kalimniou's Lecture Uncovers Early Effort at Justice for Greek Genocide

WCC Recognized The Pontian and Hellenic Genocides For the First Time - Helleniscope

PHOTO: Monument to the Genocide of the Pontian Greeks in Thessaloniki EDITOR’S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis).  Helleniscope, has wholeheartedly participated in a battle during 2018-19, along with many Pontian and Greek organizations, for the recognition of the Hellenic Genocides by the US Congress (which finally happened at the first paragraph of the recognition of the Armenian […]

Dean Kalimniou's lecture uncovers early effort at justice for Greek Genocide

In a packed auditorium at the Greek Centre in Melbourne on Thursday, May 22, noted writer and lawyer Dean Kalimniou delivered a stirring lecture on one of the least-discussed chapters of post-World War I justice: the 1919 Constantinople Military Trials. His talk, titled “Judgment Day: The Ottoman Empire’s Reckoning with Itself,” offered a rare and in-depth look into the series of court proceedings that sought to hold Ottoman leaders accountable …

The Pontic Greek Genocide referenced for the first time in an official communiqué of the WCC | Orthodox Times (en)

For the first time in the history of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Pontic Greek Genocide at the hands of the Turks was explicitly referenced in the official joint communiqué, alongside the illegal occupation of Cyprus. This marked the close of the Conference of the Churches’ Commission on International Affairs (CCIA) of the WCC, which took place in Athens from May 18 to 20 and was hosted by the Church of Greece. The conference partici…