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    Armenian Youth Federation of Canada
    PRESS RELEASE
    Contact: Mr. Rupen Janbazian
    Tel: (416) 895-4774

    April 23, 2010

    Canadian Armenians March from Montreal to Ottawa


    What: 95 Canadian Armenians will be marching into Ottawa on the last leg
    of their 4 day walk from Montreal, in commemoration of the 95th anniversary
    of the Armenian Genocide.

    When: Saturday, April 24, 2010 between 11:00am and 11:30pm.

    Where: East on St. Patrick Street between Alexandra Bridge and MacKenzie
    Avenue, South on MacKenzie Avenue between St. Patrick Street and Rideau
    Street, West on Rideau/Wellington Street between MacKenzie Avenue and
    Parliament Hill.

    Details: Starting on April 21 at Phillips Square in Montreal, a group of
    95 Canadian-Armenians have been marching on their way to the Parliament
    building in Ottawa on the occasion of the 95th commemoration of the Armenian
    Genocide. They will be arriving in Ottawa on Saturday, April 24, at 11:00am.

    Over 1.5 million Armenians perished in a systematic effort by the Turkish
    government of the Ottoman Empire to eliminate the indigenous Armenian
    population living peacefully on its historic homelands. It was the Armenian
    Genocide, which introduced the spectre of holocaust to the 20th Century; a
    crime that has since been duplicated in various forms in Nazi Germany,
    Rwanda and Darfur.

    To follow the marchers as they make their way to Ottawa visit
    www.genocidemarch.wordpress.com. For further information on the Armenian
    Genocide, please see the Armenian National Committee of Canada website at
    http://www.anccanada.org <http://www.anccanada.org/> or contact us at
    416-895-4774.



    Armenian Youth Federation of Canada
    3401 Olivar-Asselin
    Montreal, Quebec
    H4J 1L5
    514-331-6548
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