State of Rio de Janeiro Recognizes the Armenian Genocide

The sate of Rio de Janeiro has officially declared April 24 a day of remembrance for the victims of the Armenian Genocide

RIO DE JANEIRO (Agencia Prensa Armenia)””The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezao, enacted Law 7046/2015 filed by Deputy Jorge Picciani, president of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro on July 21, which establishes April 24 in the city of Rio as the “Day of Recognition and Memory of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide”