Protests staged outside Turkish consulate in Beverly Hills on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

Protesters flocked to Beverly Hills to demonstrate outside the Turkish consulate on April 24, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, CBS News reports.

People gathered to mark the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and protest the Turkish government, which still denies the fact of the genocide.

CBS News notes that Joe Biden is the first US president to recognize the genocide.

“Since 2021, Armenia has been in a border conflict with Azerbaijan, which Turkey backs. However, many demonstrators said America’s attention has been on places like Ukraine and the Middle East,” CBS News adds.

It is also reported that people demonstrated in the Little Armenia section of Hollywood. Both the LA and Glendale school districts were closed since, in 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law allowing public schools to close in observance of Genocide Remembrance Day.