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    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
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