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Armenia Solidarity
c/o the Temple of Peace, Cathays Park, Cardiff
[email protected]
Tel: 07876561398 (Int:++44 7876561398)
Armenian Genocide Recognised at the Official UK Holocaust Memorial Day Event
The Armenian Genocide was officially recognised at the Holocaust Day
Event in Newcastle, UK at the weekend, following representations from
Armenia Solidarity official John Torosyan,a leading figure in the
Welsh-Armenian Community.(supported by Nor Serount Cultural
Association).
Our original request to the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust was made two
years ago, and their response has been encouraging since then.
(The Welsh Armenian Community were allowed to stage an exhibition on
the Genocide, with music and speeches in the foyer Millennium Centre,
in the fringes of the main event when the 2006 HMD was held in
Cardiff)
This time,though, recognition came from the main stage. It is
significant because the organising body, the Holocaust Day Trust, is
supported by the British government, with a minister usually
participating at the event.
It will now be increasingly difficult for the UK government to keep to
their position of denying the truth of the Armenian Genocide when they
have sponsored an event which has recognised this truth! Speeches are
prepared beforehand, and it was not a question of one speaker speaking
her mind. This was with the full permission of the organisers.
Here is the text of what was said in the National Commemoration. It
was by Mary Blewitt of SURF, the Rwandan survivors fund:
"The only reason I can think I was spared is to help those who, like
me, must live with the legacy of genocide. I represent only the
survivors of the genocide in Rwanda, but try when possible to speak as
well for the survivors of the Holocaust and the genocides in Cambodia,
Kosovo and Armenia. I try to ensure that their voices are heard -
voices that tell the whole truth, that warn us of what humanity is
capable of, that remind us of the suffering that must never again be
permitted to happen to anyone, anywhere in the world."
Confirmation of this may be obtained from:
Chief Executive
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
PO Box 49743
London
WC1H 9WU
[email protected]
www.hmd.org.uk
0845 838 1883
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Our hope is that this progress achieved in Genocide Recognition will
persuade more UK Armenians to co-operate with us by contacting your M.P. to
ask him/her to sign Early Day Motion 357, recognising the Genocide in the
House Of Commons. Also, please ask him/her to sign motion 344 on the
blockade of Armenia. Let us know at [email protected] if you
are doing this, and send us the reply, even if it is negative.
Armenia Solidarity
c/o the Temple of Peace, Cathays Park, Cardiff
[email protected]
Tel: 07876561398 (Int:++44 7876561398)
Armenian Genocide Recognised at the Official UK Holocaust Memorial Day Event
The Armenian Genocide was officially recognised at the Holocaust Day
Event in Newcastle, UK at the weekend, following representations from
Armenia Solidarity official John Torosyan,a leading figure in the
Welsh-Armenian Community.(supported by Nor Serount Cultural
Association).
Our original request to the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust was made two
years ago, and their response has been encouraging since then.
(The Welsh Armenian Community were allowed to stage an exhibition on
the Genocide, with music and speeches in the foyer Millennium Centre,
in the fringes of the main event when the 2006 HMD was held in
Cardiff)
This time,though, recognition came from the main stage. It is
significant because the organising body, the Holocaust Day Trust, is
supported by the British government, with a minister usually
participating at the event.
It will now be increasingly difficult for the UK government to keep to
their position of denying the truth of the Armenian Genocide when they
have sponsored an event which has recognised this truth! Speeches are
prepared beforehand, and it was not a question of one speaker speaking
her mind. This was with the full permission of the organisers.
Here is the text of what was said in the National Commemoration. It
was by Mary Blewitt of SURF, the Rwandan survivors fund:
"The only reason I can think I was spared is to help those who, like
me, must live with the legacy of genocide. I represent only the
survivors of the genocide in Rwanda, but try when possible to speak as
well for the survivors of the Holocaust and the genocides in Cambodia,
Kosovo and Armenia. I try to ensure that their voices are heard -
voices that tell the whole truth, that warn us of what humanity is
capable of, that remind us of the suffering that must never again be
permitted to happen to anyone, anywhere in the world."
Confirmation of this may be obtained from:
Chief Executive
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
PO Box 49743
London
WC1H 9WU
[email protected]
www.hmd.org.uk
0845 838 1883
-------------------------------------------- ----------------------------
Our hope is that this progress achieved in Genocide Recognition will
persuade more UK Armenians to co-operate with us by contacting your M.P. to
ask him/her to sign Early Day Motion 357, recognising the Genocide in the
House Of Commons. Also, please ask him/her to sign motion 344 on the
blockade of Armenia. Let us know at [email protected] if you
are doing this, and send us the reply, even if it is negative.