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CENTENARY OF A GENOCIDE WIN BOOK GIVEAWAY
Daily Examiner (Grafton, New South Wales)
February 4, 2015 Wednesday
TITLE: An Inconvenient Genocide
THE most controversial issue left over from the First World War -
was there an Armenian Genocide? - comes to a head on April 24, 2015,
when Armenians throughout the world commemorate the centenary of the
murder of 1.5 million - over half - of their people, at the hands of
the Ottoman Turkish Government.
Turkey continues to deny it ever happened - or if it did, that the
killings were justified. This has become a vital international issue.
Twenty national parliaments have voted to recognise the genocide,
but Britain equivocates and President Obama is torn between Congress,
which wants recognition, and the US military, afraid of alienating
an important NATO ally.
In Australia, three state governments have recognised the genocide
(despite threats to ban their MPs from Gallipoli), but the Abbott
Government has told the Turks that Australia does not.
Geoffrey Robertson QC despises this mendacity. His book proves beyond
reasonable doubt that the horrific events of 1915 - witnessed by
Australian POWs - constituted the crime against humanity that is
known today as genocide.
In this book he explains how democratic countries can combat genocide
denial without denying free speech, and makes a major contribution
to understanding and preventing this worst of all crimes.
His renowned powers of advocacy are on full display, as he condemns
all those - from Sri Lanka to the Sudan, from Old Anatolia to modern
Gaza - who try to justify the mass murder of children and civilians
in the name of military necessity.
A gruesome but important book.
UNWIND has copy of this book to give away. To enter, fill out the
coupon and tell us what date the centenary of the Amenian genocide
falls on? Send your entry to The Daily Examiner by next Monday. A
winner will be announced in next week's UNWIND.
Daily Examiner (Grafton, New South Wales)
February 4, 2015 Wednesday
TITLE: An Inconvenient Genocide
THE most controversial issue left over from the First World War -
was there an Armenian Genocide? - comes to a head on April 24, 2015,
when Armenians throughout the world commemorate the centenary of the
murder of 1.5 million - over half - of their people, at the hands of
the Ottoman Turkish Government.
Turkey continues to deny it ever happened - or if it did, that the
killings were justified. This has become a vital international issue.
Twenty national parliaments have voted to recognise the genocide,
but Britain equivocates and President Obama is torn between Congress,
which wants recognition, and the US military, afraid of alienating
an important NATO ally.
In Australia, three state governments have recognised the genocide
(despite threats to ban their MPs from Gallipoli), but the Abbott
Government has told the Turks that Australia does not.
Geoffrey Robertson QC despises this mendacity. His book proves beyond
reasonable doubt that the horrific events of 1915 - witnessed by
Australian POWs - constituted the crime against humanity that is
known today as genocide.
In this book he explains how democratic countries can combat genocide
denial without denying free speech, and makes a major contribution
to understanding and preventing this worst of all crimes.
His renowned powers of advocacy are on full display, as he condemns
all those - from Sri Lanka to the Sudan, from Old Anatolia to modern
Gaza - who try to justify the mass murder of children and civilians
in the name of military necessity.
A gruesome but important book.
UNWIND has copy of this book to give away. To enter, fill out the
coupon and tell us what date the centenary of the Amenian genocide
falls on? Send your entry to The Daily Examiner by next Monday. A
winner will be announced in next week's UNWIND.