<P> On March 17, 2015, the People's Council of Syria - during a session dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the genocide -, condemned the Ottoman Empire for its responsibility for the Armenian Genocide . The speaker of the parliament Mohammad Jihad al - Laham issued a statement on behalf of the members, where he expressed solidarity with the Armenians worldwide in their struggle for justice . </P> <P> On March 27, 2015, Armenian and Greek youth held a protest in the Greek capital of Athens . Protesters demanded that European Union member states end denial policies, recognize the Armenian Genocide, and subject deniers to criminal liability . The protesters further called on the European Union to pressure Turkey to recognize the genocide and take action to compensate for the material and non-material losses and restoration of the historic rights of the Armenian nation . </P> <P> On April 2, 2015, the popular American band System of a Down embarked on their Wake Up The Souls Tour, which kicked off April 6 and culminates with the band's first performance in Armenia's capital city of Yerevan on April 23 . "The goal is to raise awareness about the Armenian Genocide, and also to put the idea into people's minds that justice can prevail, even if it's been a hundred years," said band member Serj Tankian . The group will visit a total of 14 cities across the world . </P> <P> On April 4, 2015, Forty - nine members of the United States House of Representatives have written a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama urging him to recognize the mass killings of the Armenians at the hands of the Ottomans in 1915 as genocide, claiming that the move will help improve Turkish - Armenian relations . The lawmakers said a clear recognition of the 1915 events as genocide, as Armenians mark its centennial this year, would affirm that it is not an allegation but a "widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming body of historical evidence ." </P>

The armenian genocide meets the modern legal definition