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HR0261LRB104 13219 ECR 25385 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois and the United States have 

3both served as a refuge for those seeking protection from 

4persecution and oppression whether by reason of religion or 

5nationality; and

6 WHEREAS, Those who cherish freedom can never take it for 

7granted, and those who respect justice can never be completely 

8secure in it; and

9 WHEREAS, Those who value freedom are duty-bound to promote 

10it and to protect it by using their voices and influence to 

11meet the challenges threatening its sanctity and to help 

12protect the life, liberty, and human dignity for all those who 

13depend upon it; and

14 WHEREAS, No other human rights violation deserves greater 

15vigilance, protest, and recognition while demanding the 

16strongest condemnation by freedom-loving people than the crime 

17of genocide; and

18 WHEREAS, For the Greeks of Asia Minor, Pontos, and Eastern 

19Thrace, the horror and inhumanity of this savagely brutal 

20genocide began as pogroms from 1913 to 1923 by the Ottoman and 

21Kemalist governments, in what is today known as Turkey; and

HR0261- 2 -LRB104 13219 ECR 25385 r

1 WHEREAS, In July and August 1914, months before the 

2Ottoman entry into World War I, Greek Christian men between 

3the ages of 18 and 48 years were drafted into the notorious 

4labor battalions of the Ottoman army, where most of them died 

5due to brutal labor conditions, malnutrition, and extreme 

6weather; and

7 WHEREAS, The Honorable George Horton, U.S. Consul General 

8in Smyrna at the time of the genocide, affirmed that from 1913 

9to 1923, Greeks of Asia Minor and Thrace endured immeasurable 

10cruelty resulting in genocide during a systematic Ottoman