APRIL 24 "RALLY AGAINST GENOCIDE" IN LOS ANGELES

diaspora politics

2009/04/ 21 | 11:11

Community leaders are calling for a rally at the Turkish Consulate in
Los Angeles on Friday, April 24, to call for an end to over a century
of race murder, fueled by Turkey’s ongoing denial of its genocide
against the Armenian people.

"We as Armenian-Americans know that our nation should properly
recognize and condemn the Armenian Genocide, and all subsequent
genocides," said Vache Thomassian, the Chairman of the AYF. "Now,
more than ever, we have to rise above political expedience and take
a moral stance against genocide – and I firmly believe Barack Obama
has the integrity to be the leader that does so."

Last year, nearly 15,000 activists converged on the Turkish Consulate
amid intensified activity by the Turkish government to prevent the
US House of Representatives from recognizing the Genocide.

Activists will draw attention to Turkey’s expanding multimillion dollar
campaign to erase all memory and culpability of its crime against the
Armenian people and how it has spawned a string of genocides, from
the Nazi Holocaust to the worsening humanitarian situation in Darfur.