The
Armenian and Greek Genocide,
Part
of his speech Prof. Ôheofanis
Malkidis at the
event on Armenian Genocide in Athens. April
2011
The
decisions of parliaments, international organizations and government
institutions around the world, the Armenian and also Genocide, is a
historic moment not only for the Armenian people, but for every man and
Democrat who supports the history, law and truth. ». The initiatives to
highlight the genocide despite the pressures, not diplomatic and very raw
in many aspects, many people have managed to pass resolutions on the
genocide for the event, as he wrote the American diplomat Henry
Morgenthaou «that the Turkish authorities gave orders to implement the
measure of displacement and did nothing more than to recite the death
sentence of an entire people. "
The
genocide of 1,500,000 Armenians and 1.000.000 Greeks
in the early 20th century, a genocide, which was not punished as a
precursor for other mass crimes, before Hitler started the Holocaust had
said "Who remembers the Armenians" - was at the end of the
Second World War II the dominant issue of the Armenian policy.
It is remarkable activity of the Armenian diaspora, which has
managed to highlight the issue since the period was first discussed
punishing those responsible for the Holocaust.
A position held by all consistently, wherever they are and fight
for the recognition of the Genocide.
'Writes
a member of the Swedish parliament Gulan Avci, which went against his
party and voted for the Armenian Genocide, "every time another
country recognizes the genocide, the truth is approaching a little closer
to Turkey. It is no longer possible to escape or remain silent about the
past. It's time for Turkey to
recognize the genocide .... The last stage of genocide is denial, and
unfortunately today Turkey is at this very stage. It's time to come to
Turkey with the Kemalist heritage ... The recognition of genocide is not a
blow to Turkey. By contrast,
non-recognition is a blow for justice. And I'm pretty confident that
justice can only be good to do.Justice must be applied in Turkey ....
While Turkey is trying to cover up the issue there will never be
reconciliation. If the memory of the victims restore people will not be
able to heal their wounds and continue. It is important, all the forces that believe in human values,
continue to struggle and exert pressure on Turkey to start telling the
truth and admit the Genocide "
The
spring of the peoples of the murdered people of the Ottoman state and the
Kemalist regime comes.The silence, lying and forgetfulness are the past
and the struggles of peoples for freedom and truth vindicated. No regime
responsible for crimes of such magnitude against humanity should not get
away from history and justice. The
truth is with us and we will win, propaganda, falsehood, lobbyists and
money.
Theofanis
Malkidis is a member of the International Association
of Genocide
Scholars .
The
political event in memory of victims of the Armenian Genocide in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-nP4lrWnLs
See
also
Armenian
Parliament calls for recognition of Armenian, Greek , Assyrian Genocides
MEDIA RELEASE May 3, 2011
The
Peak Public Affairs Committee of the Armenian-Australian Community
YEREVAN:
The Armenian National
Committee of
Australia (ANC Australia)
reports that the parliament of
the Republic of Armenia called upon
parliaments and legislative bodies throughout the world to recognise and
condemn the genocide of
the Armenians, Hellenes and Assyrians perpetrated by Ottoman Turkey from
1915 to 1923.
In a Parliamentary Declaration on the occasion of
the 96th anniversary commemoration of
the Armenian Genocide,
the Republic of Armenia National Assembly Speaker,
Hovik Abrahamyan stated that recognition of the
genocides perpetrated against the Armenians, Hellenes and Assyrians would
lead to the restoration of justice and the of prevention other
genocides in the future.
He said: “For the resolution of
this injustice, the prevention of
further genocides and the establishment of
good neighbourly relations between Armenia and Turkey, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia calls on the
parliaments of the world to recognise
and condemn the genocides perpetrated against the Armenian,
Hellenic and Assyrian peoples in Turkey at the beginning of the last century.”
Directing his message to Turkey, Abrahamyan then declared: “The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia calls upon the
legislative and executive authorities of
Turkey to remove all the legal, political and other obstacles, that
prevent Turkish society from freely studying and discussing the past,
especially the facts of the genocide
for which Ottoman Turkey is responsible.”
ANC Australia Executive
Director Varant Meguerditchian welcomed the Parliamentary Declaration.
“The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia’s policy
regarding Turkish responsibility for and denial of
the Armenian, Hellenic and
Assyrian Genocides is clear and unequivocal,” he said.
“ANC Australia takes this
opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to work with the Australian
Hellenic Council and the Assyrian Universal Alliance Australia
to advocate for the recognition of the
Armenian, Hellenic and
Assyrian Genocides by the Federal government of Australia.”
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During the last days of
the Ottoman Empire the Government implemented a policy of Genocide upon its Christian Armenian, Hellenic and Assyrian
population. As a result, up to 1.5million Armenian,
1million Hellene and 750,000 Assyrian men, women and children lost their
lives between 1915 and 1923.
On July 9, 2010 ANC Australia
the Australian Hellenic Council (AHC) and the Assyrian Universal Alliance
(AUA) released a joint statement outlining their agreement to focus on genocide recognition:
Whereby, Australia is
signatory to the UN Genocide
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of
the Crime of Genocide and has demonstrated
leadership on international human rights issues; whereby, the people of Australia provided food, clothing and
shelter to victims and survivors of
the Armenian Genocide, the Hellenic Genocide and the Assyrian Genocide as part of an international humanitarian
relief effort known as the Near East Relief; and whereby, throughout World
War One, Australian servicemen witnessed the systematic annihilation of the Armenian, Hellenic and Assyrian
peoples in the Ottoman Empire from 1915 - 1923; ANC Australia, the AHC and the AUA commit
to their moral responsibility to seek recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Hellenic Genocide and Assyrian Genocide by the Federal Government of Australia as a measure aimed at
preventing similar crimes against humanity from ever occurring again.
