Dear Fellow Armenians...Attention...! Urgent...!
Dear fellow Armenians,
I am genuinely perplexed that the signatories to the following UK Gov’t e-petition, seeking recognition of the Armenian Genocide, stands at the pathetic 138!
I would be v grateful if you can circulate/ advertise the following to your circulation; thanks.
And I’d be glad for any insights as to why this doesn’t seem to be eliciting a greater response……is there some politicking that I’m unaware of????
Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
Responsible department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
I would like HM Government to recognise the events that overtook the Armenian population [of what is now E Turkey] around 1915 as 'genocide'. HM Government to follow the lead of EU partners - such as France & Austria - who already recognise those events as 'genocide'. As part of a parliamentary discussion, MPs should consider whether the terrible Jewish holocaust/genocide differs from that which overtook the Armenia population [of E Turkey] around 1915. Furthermore, why, since the Jewish genocide has been officially recognised by HM Government, is it the case that the Armenian genocide remains unacknowledged - given the criteria set down in the 1942 UN declaration on Genocide?
Go to: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/261
James Derounian BSc (Hons) MPhil MRTPI FHEA FILCM
Principal Lecturer in Community Development and Local Governance,
National Teaching Fellow,
University of Gloucestershire,
Department of Natural & Social Sciences,
Cheltenham
GL50 4AZ
Tel. 01242-714562
