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ANCA's Aram Hamparian at Sheridan Circle "Stand for Free Speech"

“We’re here affirming our First Amendment freedoms - rejecting Ankara’s violent efforts to enforce its gag-rules against American citizens,” said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). ================= Hamparian was videotaping live at the scene of the May 16th attack by Turkish President Recep Erdogan's bodyguards against peaceful American protesters at Sheridan Circle in Washington, DC. The assault took place in front of the Turkish Ambassador’s residence where President Erdogan was scheduled to have a closed-door meeting with think tank leaders. Hamparian’s video showed pro-Erdogan forces crossing a police line and beating peaceful protesters - elderly men and several women - who were on the ground bleeding during most of the attack. The ANCA's footage served as source video for CNN, AP and other major media outlets, transforming a violent incident into a global spotlight on the Turkish government's intolerance and violence. Hamparian testified before a May 25th Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing the May 16th attack by Turkish President Recep Erdogan's bodyguards against peaceful American protesters at Sheridan Circle in Washington, DC. Joining him at the hearing were Ms. Lusik Usoyan, Founder and President of the Ezidi Relief Fund; Mr. Murat Yusa, a local businessman and protest organizer; and Ms. Ruth Wedgwood, Edward B. Burling Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Usoyan and Yusa were victims of the brutal assault on May 16th by President Erdogan’s bodyguards. On June 6th, with a vote of 397 to 0, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously condemned Turkey in response to the attacks, taking a powerful stand against Ankara’s attempts to export its violence and intolerance to America’s shores. H.Res.354, spearheaded by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel (D-NY), House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), has received the public backing of House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). The U.S. House is set to vote tomorrow on the National Defense Authorization Bill, a far-ranging measure that includes a provision, championed by Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman David Trott (R-MI), raising objections to a proposed U.S. sale of handguns for use by the very Erdogan security detail involved in the May 16th attack. The vote followed broad-based Congressional outrage expressed by over 100 Senate and House members through public statements, social media, and a series of Congressional letters.