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April 24
THOUSANDS GATHERED IN HOLLYWOOD DEMANDING THE RECOGNITION AND OVERDUE REPARATION FOR THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Little Armenia, Hollywood, CA, April 24, 2012 – Unified Young Armenians, Inc. (UYA) held its annual mass demonstration Tuesday in little Armenia at the intersection of Hollywood and Hobart Boulevards in Hollywood commemorating the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and protesting its continuous denial by Turkey as well as demanding a proper recognition by the US government.
Thousands, dressed in black, marched in protest in the event attended by genocide survivors, Armenian-American community and religious leaders and human rights activists, politicians and government officials. Guest speakers included, Congressman Adam Schiff, Assemblyman Mike Gatto, City Council Member Eric Garcetti, Member of the Canadian Parliament Jim Karajianes, Glendale Unified School District Board Member Greg Krikorian and Archpriest Fathers Viken Vasilyan and Hovsep Hacobian among others.
The protest began at 10:00 am and ended at 1:00 pm with other commemoration events and protests continuing throughout the day.
On April 24, 1915, the Young Turks carried out their plan to annihilate the Armenian population living in the Ottoman Empire. It became the prototype for all genocides following thereafter. The mass extermination and systematic killings resulted in the massacre of 1.5 million innocent Armenian men, women, and children. For the past 97 years, this crime against humanity has gone unpunished. The descendants of the Ottoman Empire – the Republic of Turkey – refuse to acknowledge the guilt of their ancestors and continue to blackmail, bribe and lie in order to conceal the truth.
In 1918, former President of the United States of America, Theodore Roosevelt wrote in a letter to Cleveland Hoadley Dodge: "… the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the failure to act against Turkey is to condone it… the failure to deal radically with the Turkish horror means that all talk of guaranteeing the future peace of the world is mischievous nonsense." The denial campaign of the Armenian Genocide by the Republic of Turkey continues. UYA demands for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by both the United States of America and the Republic of Turkey. It seeks justice for the sake of all genocides in the past and present.
UYA is a non-partisan, non-religious, and a non-profit grassroots youth organization. Its goal is to encourage activism among the Armenian youth, while advocating justice and human rights. It upholds the power of knowledge and education. UYA’s mission is to serve the collective good and to promote a world free of genocides.
If you have any questions, please visit http://www.YoungArmenians.com or http://facebook.com/
youngarmenians@yahoo.com.
April 24
THOUSANDS GATHERED IN HOLLYWOOD DEMANDING THE RECOGNITION AND OVERDUE REPARATION FOR THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Little Armenia, Hollywood, CA, April 24, 2012 – Unified Young Armenians, Inc. (UYA) held its annual mass demonstration Tuesday in little Armenia at the intersection of Hollywood and Hobart Boulevards in Hollywood commemorating the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and protesting its continuous denial by Turkey as well as demanding a proper recognition by the US government.
Thousands, dressed in black, marched in protest in the event attended by genocide survivors, Armenian-American community and religious leaders and human rights activists, politicians and government officials. Guest speakers included, Congressman Adam Schiff, Assemblyman Mike Gatto, City Council Member Eric Garcetti, Member of the Canadian Parliament Jim Karajianes, Glendale Unified School District Board Member Greg Krikorian and Archpriest Fathers Viken Vasilyan and Hovsep Hacobian among others.
The protest began at 10:00 am and ended at 1:00 pm with other commemoration events and protests continuing throughout the day.
On April 24, 1915, the Young Turks carried out their plan to annihilate the Armenian population living in the Ottoman Empire. It became the prototype for all genocides following thereafter. The mass extermination and systematic killings resulted in the massacre of 1.5 million innocent Armenian men, women, and children. For the past 97 years, this crime against humanity has gone unpunished. The descendants of the Ottoman Empire – the Republic of Turkey – refuse to acknowledge the guilt of their ancestors and continue to blackmail, bribe and lie in order to conceal the truth.
In 1918, former President of the United States of America, Theodore Roosevelt wrote in a letter to Cleveland Hoadley Dodge: "… the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the failure to act against Turkey is to condone it… the failure to deal radically with the Turkish horror means that all talk of guaranteeing the future peace of the world is mischievous nonsense." The denial campaign of the Armenian Genocide by the Republic of Turkey continues. UYA demands for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by both the United States of America and the Republic of Turkey. It seeks justice for the sake of all genocides in the past and present.
UYA is a non-partisan, non-religious, and a non-profit grassroots youth organization. Its goal is to encourage activism among the Armenian youth, while advocating justice and human rights. It upholds the power of knowledge and education. UYA’s mission is to serve the collective good and to promote a world free of genocides.
If you have any questions, please visit http://www.YoungArmenians.com or http://facebook.com/
youngarmenians@yahoo.com.
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