In an ever increasingly dark world where crimes are becoming worryingly more frequent, I find myself almost ashamed to be from one of the world's powerhouses due to the matter at hand.

Just 100 years after the events of the Ottoman purge on ethnic Armenian's in their empire, and the small landlocked state of modern day Armenia is still trying to fight for recognition of the genocide. 

As it stands, the Turkish government, to this day deny it ever happened which would leave 1,500,000 Armenian's from this time frame discredited for. Are we to believe they simply vanished off the face of the earth?

In addition, the governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all recognise the genocide individually but England does not which means that officially, the United Kingdom is happy to just push the case aside and does not show even the slightest bit of compassion for those now deceased. 

The most disgusting part is, the reason the country as a whole does not recognise this genocide is purely because it does not suit the nation diplomatically. Turkey is deemed as a large ally on the political spectrum, being part of NATO, this means they are now able to pull all the strings and play off their alliances to make sure they never have to admit their crimes. Is this because they simply want to avoid paying any reparations? 

I find it alarming that in the United Kingdom, denying the holocaust (obviously the largest scale genocide in history) ever happened carries criminal charges, much like most other European countries. So why is it that we are sitting back only to allow an entire country deny the slaughter and genocide of a race?

Consequently, as a purely despicable act by the government and monarchy of the UK, David Cameron and The Queen have both refused to attend the 100th anniversary proceedings in Armenia, however they were both more than willing to attend the anniversary of the Battle of Gallipolli "celebrations" (for want of a better word) which are by no surprise being held in Turkey. 

EDIT: On the 22nd February 2015. The aforementioned Gallipoli remembrence celebration were cancelled by the Turkish government due to a lack of interest. I suppose there is at least a little bit of compassion left on earth.