ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE STATUE ERECTED IN SIDNEY

Panorama
14:31 16/12/2009

After weeks of opposition from local Bonnyrigg residents and members
of the Turkish community in Sydney’s West, Fairfield City Council last
night approved an Assyrian Genocide statue and park for the Assyrian
community of Sydney, foreign media reported. More than 300 people from
Sydney’s Assyrian, Armenian and Turkish communities gathered at the
Council building at Wakeley in Sydney’s west in protest of support and
opposition to the application for the statue. Once the news of the
approval was received outside at the protests, Assyrian supporters
began to chant and raise flags in support of the decision. While
members of the Turkish community and other opposition groups were kept
away by police. The Assyrian Genocide statue was supported and voted
for by all five Assyrian councillors on Fairfield council despite a
public petition of more than 800 signatures opposing the application.