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    Armenian Youth Federation-YOARF Eastern US
    80 Bigelow Ave
    Watertown, MA 02472
    Tel. (617) 923-1933
    Fax (617) 924-1933
    www.ayf.org

    PRESS RELEASE
    For Immediate Release ~ July 27, 2005
    Contact: Sossi Essajanian
    (617) 923-1933

    AYF and ANC Members Say Never Again: Stop the Genocide in Darfur
    WATERTOWN, Mass.-On July 26, members of the Armenian Youth Federation
    (AYF) and the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Eastern
    Massachusetts participated in a protest organized by the Massachusetts
    Coalition to Save Darfur at Boston City Hall Plaza.

    The members joined a large crowd gathered to listen call for action to
    end the genocide currently taking place in Darfur, Sudan. Through the
    words of CBS4 newswoman Liz Walker, the message of "never again"
    resonated throughout Boston Plaza. The program included a musical
    selection, as well as moving accounts from survivors of the Rwandan
    and Sudan genocides.

    Joining in the call to end genocide, the Armenians held ups signs
    reading, "Stop the Cycle of Genocide."

    "I attended the protest to support the oppressed people in Darfur. The
    Armenian genocide was an awful atrocity, and we should do our part as
    Armenians to ensure that such crimes against humanity are never
    repeated again," said AYF Central Executive member Anto
    Megerdichian. "Regardless of race or color, human rights should be
    respected. These speakers helped me realize that unfortunately, if you
    don't have resources like oil to provide for this Administration,
    you're simply not a priority."

    The mission of the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur is to
    stimulate, support and facilitate the efforts of faith based and
    secular organizationsin Massachusetts to stop the genocide, rape and
    other crimes against humanity being committed in the Darfur region of
    Sudan. The Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Eastern Massachusetts
    is a member organization of the coalition. For more information, visit
    www.savedarfurma.org.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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