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May 25, 2013 Saturday
FIDH PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE "SATURDAY MOTHERS" AND TO THE VICTIMS OF THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The following information was released by International Federation for
Human Rights (FIDH):
An FIDH delegation went Saturday 24 May to Galatasaray square, in
Istanbul, where FIDH is holding its Congress, to support the "Saturday
Mothers". These women gather every Saturday since 1995 to demand the
truth about their missing children and relatives. From the 70's to the
90's, Turkish security forces were responsible for the disappearance
of over 800 Turkish and Kurdish activisits. The FIDH delegation
included Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and Nassera Dutour,
spokesperson for the Collective of Families of the Disappeared in
Algeria.
FIDH delegates then went to Dolmabahce, also in Istanbul, to pay
tribute to the victims of the Armenian genocide. Those present,
including Artak Kirakosyan, General Secretary of FIDH from Armenia and
Yusuf Alatas, FIDH Vice-President from Turkey, threw flowers into the
sea in the memory of the victims. It is from Dolmabahce that over 300
Armenian intellectuals were forced onto trains on 24 April 1915 and
taken towards unknown destinations; this was one of the initial events
of the Armenian genocide. Each year, on this day, Turkish human rights
defenders pay tribute in this very symbolic place.
FIDH is currently holding its 38th World Congress in Istanbul. Its 164
members organisations are meeting to define FIDH's strategy for the
next three years and elect on 27 May, the new international board.
From: Baghdasarian
May 25, 2013 Saturday
FIDH PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE "SATURDAY MOTHERS" AND TO THE VICTIMS OF THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The following information was released by International Federation for
Human Rights (FIDH):
An FIDH delegation went Saturday 24 May to Galatasaray square, in
Istanbul, where FIDH is holding its Congress, to support the "Saturday
Mothers". These women gather every Saturday since 1995 to demand the
truth about their missing children and relatives. From the 70's to the
90's, Turkish security forces were responsible for the disappearance
of over 800 Turkish and Kurdish activisits. The FIDH delegation
included Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and Nassera Dutour,
spokesperson for the Collective of Families of the Disappeared in
Algeria.
FIDH delegates then went to Dolmabahce, also in Istanbul, to pay
tribute to the victims of the Armenian genocide. Those present,
including Artak Kirakosyan, General Secretary of FIDH from Armenia and
Yusuf Alatas, FIDH Vice-President from Turkey, threw flowers into the
sea in the memory of the victims. It is from Dolmabahce that over 300
Armenian intellectuals were forced onto trains on 24 April 1915 and
taken towards unknown destinations; this was one of the initial events
of the Armenian genocide. Each year, on this day, Turkish human rights
defenders pay tribute in this very symbolic place.
FIDH is currently holding its 38th World Congress in Istanbul. Its 164
members organisations are meeting to define FIDH's strategy for the
next three years and elect on 27 May, the new international board.
From: Baghdasarian