EAFJD: EU DENIES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO PLEASE TURKEY
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.04.2008 15:32 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European Armenian Federation issued a petition
on the 93rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide to be sent to the
European Union.
The petition says,
"Would you accept the EU to support Genocide denial?
No, of course. And would you accept the funding of an ultranationalist
State? No again, obviously.
However, for now more than ten years, the European Union regularly
denies, grossly negates or fails to deal justly with the Armenian
Genocide.
It makes it in your name, without your consent and it is thus
conniving against the will of EU citizens with the worst of crimes
against Humanity.
It makes it to please Turkey and to ease the stubborn accession
process of this country despite the lucid opposition of Europeans.
Yet, Turkey is a racist, militaristic and xenophobic State where
superiority of the Turkish "race" is taught, where ethnic and
cultural diversity is repressed and where the heritage of minorities
is destroyed. This very same Turkey committed the Armenian Genocide,
keeps on denying it and is absolutely failing to comply with the
European values.
Because of the nature of this absolute crime, because of its 1 500
000 victims and because of the pledges for protection and reparation
made by Europe to the survivors – the Union would have to demand
to Turkey the recognition of this Genocide in the framework of the
accession process.
However, facing the intransigence of Turkish diplomacy, it is far
easier to cover it, to cover its denial – as well as the other breaches
of Turkey to Human Rights.
As it fails to compel Turkey to its values, the Union actively attempts
to "counteract the negative perceptions of the Turkish EU-accession
process that exists in certain segments of public opinion": On this
year, as on the former ones, 40 to 60 million Euros from our taxes
will grant a program of "dialog between European and Turkish civil
societies" intending to turn acceptable the unacceptable. This amount
is part of the half billion Euros granted yearly by the Commission
to Turkey’s criminal regime.
On this Thursday 24 April 2008, we commemorate the 93rd anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide. This commemoration gives us the opportunity
to reaffirm our solidarity with the victims of all genocides:
the Armenians, the Jews, the Tutsi and now, sadly, the Darfuri; as
Genocides performed today stem from the same ideology that currently
denies the first Genocide. As denying the Armenian Genocide also
allows to hush present mass crimes.
If, as us, you believe that genocide is both a severe moral failure and
an actual political threat; if, as us, you don’t accept to be made an
accomplice of such a policy which ruins European values; then please
sign up to this petition that will be forwarded to the European Union."