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Locals write to Australian Prime Minister demanding change in position
Source: armenia.com.au | Saturday, 02 August 2014
http://www.armenia.com.au/news/Australia-News/English/37629/Locals-write-to-Australian-Prime-Minister-demanding-change-in-position
SYDNEY: A group of Armenian-Australians residing in Prime Minister
Tony Abbott's electorate of Warringah have written to him demanding
his Foreign Minister Julie Bishop retracts her recent statement
explicitly denying the Armenian Genocide.
In a letter addressed to the Australian Turkish Advocacy Alliance,
Bishop extraordinarily denied the historical reality of the first
genocide of the 20th century by stating "we, do not however, recognise
these events as 'genocide'." This outright denial, according to the
Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia), "takes
Australia almost as far back as Turkey on this issue".
In addition to an online letter drive initiated by ANC Australia,
which attracted over 500 complaint emails to Bishop's inbox, a number
community members who reside in Killarney Heights, Forestville, Manly,
Beauty Point, Beacon Hill and Balgowlah have written to their local
Member of Parliament, Prime Minister Abbott to ensure their anger is
heard.
"ANC Australia has received copies of these letters sent from
understandably disgusted members of our community, all of whom are
direct descendants of survivors of the Armenian Genocide," said ANC
Australia Executive Director, Vache Kahramanian. "It is with this sort
of direct involvement in the political process that we can expect the
answers we demand from our leaders."
Source: armenia.com.au | Saturday, 02 August 2014
http://www.armenia.com.au/news/Australia-News/English/37629/Locals-write-to-Australian-Prime-Minister-demanding-change-in-position
SYDNEY: A group of Armenian-Australians residing in Prime Minister
Tony Abbott's electorate of Warringah have written to him demanding
his Foreign Minister Julie Bishop retracts her recent statement
explicitly denying the Armenian Genocide.
In a letter addressed to the Australian Turkish Advocacy Alliance,
Bishop extraordinarily denied the historical reality of the first
genocide of the 20th century by stating "we, do not however, recognise
these events as 'genocide'." This outright denial, according to the
Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia), "takes
Australia almost as far back as Turkey on this issue".
In addition to an online letter drive initiated by ANC Australia,
which attracted over 500 complaint emails to Bishop's inbox, a number
community members who reside in Killarney Heights, Forestville, Manly,
Beauty Point, Beacon Hill and Balgowlah have written to their local
Member of Parliament, Prime Minister Abbott to ensure their anger is
heard.
"ANC Australia has received copies of these letters sent from
understandably disgusted members of our community, all of whom are
direct descendants of survivors of the Armenian Genocide," said ANC
Australia Executive Director, Vache Kahramanian. "It is with this sort
of direct involvement in the political process that we can expect the
answers we demand from our leaders."