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AYF TO PROTEST TURKISH MINISTER SPEECH AT LA WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL
October 17, 2013 - 13:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On Oct 21, representatives of the Armenian Youth
Federation and Unified Young Armenians will hold a protest against
hosting Turkish Deputy Prime Minister at LA World Affairs Council.
Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, has been invited to
speak at a Los Angeles World Affairs Council Event regarding Turkey's
economic and foreign policy, including the US-Turkey business relations
and the future of economic investment in the region.
"As American citizens who value freedom of speech and expression,
ethnic and religious freedom, and the protection of basic human
rights, we cannot allow economic interests to overpower our values and
beliefs. We, the American People, stand in firm opposition to hosting
and developing relations with representatives of a government that,
since its inception, has systematically disregarded and violated
these basic liberties. The government of Turkey does not respect and
uphold the values that we regard as inviolable and fundamental to
American society, and the democratic world must awaken to the policy
of intolerance that guides their foreign and economic interests,"
the protest organizers said.
"Among its endless list of violations against basic human rights, the
Turkish Government is guilty of the systematic denial of the Armenian
Genocide, which took place during World War I. These massacres resulted
in the death of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians, the displacement
of countless others, and the uprooting of one of the most ancient
remaining cultures in the world. Furthermore, the first Genocide of the
20th century served as a blueprint for subsequent state atrocities,
including the Jewish Holocaust. Despite being recognized as the
first genocide of the 20th century by historians the world over,
the government of Turkey continues to deny its responsibility for
this crime against humanity," they said.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/171412/
October 17, 2013 - 13:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On Oct 21, representatives of the Armenian Youth
Federation and Unified Young Armenians will hold a protest against
hosting Turkish Deputy Prime Minister at LA World Affairs Council.
Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, has been invited to
speak at a Los Angeles World Affairs Council Event regarding Turkey's
economic and foreign policy, including the US-Turkey business relations
and the future of economic investment in the region.
"As American citizens who value freedom of speech and expression,
ethnic and religious freedom, and the protection of basic human
rights, we cannot allow economic interests to overpower our values and
beliefs. We, the American People, stand in firm opposition to hosting
and developing relations with representatives of a government that,
since its inception, has systematically disregarded and violated
these basic liberties. The government of Turkey does not respect and
uphold the values that we regard as inviolable and fundamental to
American society, and the democratic world must awaken to the policy
of intolerance that guides their foreign and economic interests,"
the protest organizers said.
"Among its endless list of violations against basic human rights, the
Turkish Government is guilty of the systematic denial of the Armenian
Genocide, which took place during World War I. These massacres resulted
in the death of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians, the displacement
of countless others, and the uprooting of one of the most ancient
remaining cultures in the world. Furthermore, the first Genocide of the
20th century served as a blueprint for subsequent state atrocities,
including the Jewish Holocaust. Despite being recognized as the
first genocide of the 20th century by historians the world over,
the government of Turkey continues to deny its responsibility for
this crime against humanity," they said.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/171412/