ARMENIAN SOLIDARITY
contact: name: Eilian Williams
c/p The Temple of Peace, Cathays Park
Cardiff, Wales
Tel: 07876561398
Email: [email protected]
ARMENIA SOLIDARITY at the fringe of the Labour Conference, Manchester, England
(an offshoot of Wales-Armenia Solidarity c/o The Temple of Peace, Cardiff)
"Is it any wonder that the people of Darfur again face the prospect of
genocide, when the UK and US governments deny the truth of the first
genocide of the twenteeth century, namely the genocide of the Armenians?
Is it surprising that the world is today plagued by terrorrism, when the
British and American governments persist in denying the truth of the
Holocaust of the Armenians, the first example of state terrorism of the
twenteeth century?"
These questions will be raised by "Armenia Solidarity" at the Labour
Conference in Manchester. Encouraged by the overwhelming support given
by Welsh Labour MPs to the recent EDM in the Commons(1454, tabled by
Stephen Pound ) on the Assyrian and Armenian Genocides (in opposition to
government policy), campaigners for the genocide to be recognised
officially by the UK parliament see a window of opportunity in the next
few months for a motion in the Commons on Recognition to go forward for
an unprecendated vote.The loyal supporters of recognition who sign EDMs
annually on the issue are predominantly from the Left of the Party, but
campaigners hope to broaden support by means of three fringe meetings(
at the Armenian Taverna, Princess St (on Albert Sq). on sunday, the 24th
. and on tuesday , as well as on monday at Brannigans Pub, Peter St(all
meetings to start at 6.00 p.m.,)
"We know we shall be competing against fringe meetings on many other
pressing issues, but I hope people will realise that the Armenians have
been waiting for justice for 91 years. Also it is important to grasp
that it is the depth of the injustice, not the strength of the lobby
which should move governments to act."said a spokeman.
The spokesman continued:.. : "The plain truth is that Turkey’s
present borders are based on the Genocide of her Armenian population.The
government denies this, and Minister at the Foreign Office Geoff Hoon
recently went as far as to deceive the Commons by implying that the
government had taken the advice of historians in deciding there was not
enough evidence for the Armenian Genocide. We know this to be a
mischevious deception as there are no reputable historians in the UK who
deny the truth of the Armenian Genocide"
.The Iran president’s Holocaust revisionism has now been matched by
a more callous genocide denial by the UK government.
Their position that there was no genocide in 1915 because Turkey is
today(as in the past) a strategic ally of the UK is not tenable.This
last denial is the fourth major betrayal of Armenia by Britain. The
first three were as follows:
1 British foreign policy in the nineteenth century of diminishing
Russian influence in the region (for Britain’s imperial self-interest)
led to the Armenians being exposed to the terrible massacres of 1894-96,
and ultimately the genocide of 1915..
2 To gain support for the war effort, Lloyd George in 1916 promised
that Armenia would never again have to suffer Turkish rule. This was
again a vain promise as the Turkish army was not disarmed in 1918, and
Britain refused to take up the mandate for an independent Armenia
following the treaty of Sevres.
3 At the end of the second world war, Britain opposed the return of land
to Armenia from Turkey, on the basis that " There is no longer a
nationality problem in the region " (Bevin in the Commons in 1946.) ie
The success of the genocide had, in the eyes of the British government,
entitled Turkey to keep the entirety of Western Armenia. This logic has
certainly encouraged many tyrants in the post-war era.
Contact Armenia-Solidarity: 07876561398 [email protected]
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
