Spielberg launches campaign against genocides throughout the globeApril 27, 2007 - 14:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation is expanding beyond the Holocaust to document survivor memories from other atrocities, USA TODAY reports.After collecting 52,000 interviews, the filmmaker's unprecedented effort to record the stories of those who survived Nazi persecution during World War II is now applying the mantra "Never forget" to more recent acts of genocide and oppression. "Now we ask ourselves: How do we make this vision a priority in communities all across the world?" Spielberg said. The announcement came Monday night at a benefit dinner featuring Spielberg and other leaders from the Shoah organization, attended by hundreds of Hollywood power brokers. "Our work on the Holocaust will continue. But we plan to join it now to work with others around the world," said Douglas Greenberg, executive director of the Shoah Foundation Institute at the University of Southern California. "Our commitment is to combat (violence and racism) wherever and however we can no matter who the victims are." Greenberg said the Shoah group has begun early discussions to enact similar programs focusing on genocide in Rwanda and Cambodia as well as stories of life under apartheid in South Africa. "The obligation to remember is a moral responsibility that all of us owe to all of those who have suffered violence and racism in the modern world, whether they are Jews or Armenians or Cambodians or Rwandans or Darfuris," Greenberg said. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |