Aurora Prize Guests Visit the Armenian Genocide Memorial

George Clooney lays a flower at the Armenian Genocide Memorial
George Clooney lays a flower at the Armenian Genocide Memorial

Aurora Prize Selection Committee Co-Chair George Clooney lays a flower at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial on the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. [Photo by: 100 LIVES]

Guests attend the remembrance ceremony at the Armenian Genocide Memorial and Museum-Institute, or ‘Tsitsernakaberd', in Yerevan, Armenia.

The Laying of the Flowers Ceremony takes place on April 24, the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. This ceremony is presided over by the President of Armenia and  religious leaders at the Armenian Genocide Memorial or ‘Tsitsernakaberd’. 

George Clooney and fellow Selection Committee members joined the Aurora Prize co-founders, finalists and other special guests at the memorial.

Guests also participated in a private tour of the adjoining Armenian Genocide Memorial Museum. 

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Aurora Prize co-founders, finalists and other special guests at the Armenian Genocide Memorial George Clooney lays a flower at the Armenian Genocide Memorial George Clooney lays a flower at the Armenian Genocide Memorial Syeda Ghulam Fatima and Gareth Evans lay a flower at the Armenian Genocide Memorial Crowds gather at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Aurora Prize guests and Mount Ararat Leymah Gbowee at Laying of the Flowers Ceremony Aurora Prize Co-Founder Noubar Afeyan Aurora Prize co-founders, finalists and other special guests at the Armenian Genocide Memorial 100 LIVES co-founders lay flowers at the a flower at the Tsitsernakaberd George Clooney lays a flower at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Aurora Prize co-founders at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial George Clooney and Vartan Gregorian at Armenian Genocide Museum Father Bernard Kinvi tours the Armenian Genocide Museum Syeda Ghulam Fatima at Armenian Genocide Museum Hina Jilani at Armenian Genocide Museum George Clooney and Gareth Evans at Armenian Genocide Museum Aurora Prize guests tour the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Finalists Syeda Ghulam Fatima and Marguerite Barankitse George Clooney with Selection Committee members and finalists George Clooney and Charles Aznavour Father Bernard Kinvi visits the Tsitsernakaberd Marguerite Barankitse visits the Tsitsernakaberd Syeda Ghulam Fatima at the Armenian Genocide Memorial Annual Flower Laying Ceremony at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Crowds gather at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Crowds gather at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial
George Clooney and Aurora Prize Finalsts tour the Genocide Museum Memorial1

The Laying of the Flowers Ceremony takes place on April 24, the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. This ceremony is presided over by the President of Armenia and  religious leaders at the Armenian Genocide Memorial or ‘Tsitsernakaberd’. Guests also participated in a private tour of the adjoining Armenian Genocide Memorial Museum. 

George Clooney and fellow Selection Committee members joined the Aurora Prize co-founders, finalists and other special guests at the memorial.

On behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors, the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity will be granted annually to an individual whose actions have had an exceptional impact on preserving human life and advancing humanitarian causes. The Aurora Prize will be awarded annually on April 24 in Yerevan, Armenia.