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GEORGIAN ARMENIANS RALLY AT TURKISH EMBASSY ON GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY
Kavkasia TV, Tbilisi, Georgia
April 24 2013
[Presenter] The Georgian Armenian Association has held a protest
demonstration at the Turkish embassy [in Tbilisi]. They demanded that
the killing of one and half million Armenians by Turkey in 1915-23 be
recognized as genocide. The world Armenian community marks 24 April
as the start of the genocide by the Turkey's Ottoman Empire. However,
Turkey says that the number of people killed is exaggerated and that
the Armenians were killed as a result of World War I, not genocide.
Patrol police observed the demonstration. The protest rally lasted
about two hours.
[Samvel Lazarian, president of the Georgian Armenian Association]
Today is 24 April, which, as you know, is Armenian Genocide Remembrance
Day. This day is marked throughout the world, everywhere where there
are Armenians, everywhere where the Armenian diaspora lives. We are
at the Turkish embassy because Turkey is the state that is responsible
for this crime against humanity.
[Sandro Ohanyan, member of the Georgian Armenian Association] We
demand that Turkey take responsibility for the crime it perpetrated,
the genocide it committed. We also demand that the Georgian government
and authorities respect the wish of their own citizens to join the
civilized community in recognizing the genocide of the neighbouring
nation, the Armenian nation.
[Video shows several hundred demonstrators, some waving Georgian and
Armenian flags and some holding up anti-Turkish placards]
[Translated from Georgian]
Kavkasia TV, Tbilisi, Georgia
April 24 2013
[Presenter] The Georgian Armenian Association has held a protest
demonstration at the Turkish embassy [in Tbilisi]. They demanded that
the killing of one and half million Armenians by Turkey in 1915-23 be
recognized as genocide. The world Armenian community marks 24 April
as the start of the genocide by the Turkey's Ottoman Empire. However,
Turkey says that the number of people killed is exaggerated and that
the Armenians were killed as a result of World War I, not genocide.
Patrol police observed the demonstration. The protest rally lasted
about two hours.
[Samvel Lazarian, president of the Georgian Armenian Association]
Today is 24 April, which, as you know, is Armenian Genocide Remembrance
Day. This day is marked throughout the world, everywhere where there
are Armenians, everywhere where the Armenian diaspora lives. We are
at the Turkish embassy because Turkey is the state that is responsible
for this crime against humanity.
[Sandro Ohanyan, member of the Georgian Armenian Association] We
demand that Turkey take responsibility for the crime it perpetrated,
the genocide it committed. We also demand that the Georgian government
and authorities respect the wish of their own citizens to join the
civilized community in recognizing the genocide of the neighbouring
nation, the Armenian nation.
[Video shows several hundred demonstrators, some waving Georgian and
Armenian flags and some holding up anti-Turkish placards]
[Translated from Georgian]