OTTAWA, Canada—Members of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) of Canada gathered in Ottawa on April 23—a day before the official commemoration day of the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide—to raise awareness about the genocide.
Earlier that day, more than 100 activists gathered at the busiest intersections of Canada’s capital, distributing more than 2,000 informative fliers about the genocide and the Turkish government’s ongoing policy of denial.
At 6 p.m., the activists, tied to one another with rope—to remind onlookers of the deportations—marched down Sussex Drive while reading historic accounts of the genocide. The march concluded at the CF Rideau Centre, where participants staged a mass die-in. The public was provided with further information on the genocide.
The activism is scheduled to continue throughout the night: The group plans on holding a candlelight vigil at the Turkish Embassy at 8 p.m., the same location where thousands of Canadians will gather on Sun., April 24, to protest against the Turkish government.
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Bravo the Armenian youth federation! Well done! You will not let anybody forget!
As all Armenians tonight, with heavy hearts, go to bed , under ceilings of their safe homes, will remember , the one and half million of their compatriots who were victims of the first genocide of the twentieth century.
Citizens of present Turkey, teachers parents , intellectuals , politicians ask yourselves the following questions. Where are the Armenian students of the abandoned Armenian schools in our ancestral lands( present Turkey)?. Where are the occupants of our abandoned homes there? Where are the worshippers of our religious sites? Where are the mourners of our orphaned cemeteries? What happened? Where did they disappear?
People of Turkey, question your past, so that the backbone of your history is corrected, and your history books are rewritten, so that the morality of your future generations will not be undermined.
We , are the diaspora, that the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire caused.
Present Turkey , holds the responsibility of correcting the mistakes of their past.
Armemians, all over the world will commemorate the 101 year memory of the Armenian Genocide,
and will strive hard , to stop genocides everywhere.
God bless your acts.well done guys!