The March for Justice was led by the Homenetmen Australia Scouts Marching Band, community leaders and clergy, as well as members from Armenian-Australian youth, relief, sporting, scouting, cultural and political organisations, and students of Armenian schools and university associations. New South Wales State Parliament representatives, Mr. Alister Henskens MP and Dr. Hugh McDermott MP also joined the march which began at the Hyde Park Fountain and continued along blocked-off Sydney roads through to Circular Quay for a Special Program beside the city’s famous harbour.<\/p>\n
The March for Justice attracted wider media attention than anticipated, especially because of lead-up events concerning statements from Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, which offended the Armenian-Australian community.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ancaustralia\/videos\/2073990332894149\/<\/a><\/p>\n Earlier in the week, Armenian community leaders had refused to read Scott Morrison’s letter of condolence to Armenian-Australians at a national commemoration in Sydney on April 24th marking the 104th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide; something that was widely reported by the Nine Network of newspapers (read\u00a0here<\/a>,\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0here<\/a>) and by Alan Jones of 2GB (listen\u00a0here<\/a>) among others.<\/p>\n In her March for Justice remarks, Taline Megerditchian said: “The tentacles of the Turkish states influence reach far and wide.\u00a0In 2011, our very own now Prime Minister Scott Morrison, stood up in parliament and\u00a0 said \u2018it is important that we recognise the Armenian Genocide for what it was\u2019. This week, the Prime Minister’s position had changed. Suddenly, the Prime Minister was too afraid to repeat what he knows to be true and instead tells us that ‘We have been working with the Turkish government to ensure that Australians make the pilgrimage’.”<\/p>\n “Wow,” she added. “What a statement by our leader! Not only has he backflipped on his position to recognise the Armenian Genocide. The Prime Minister has just admitted to caving in to pressure from a foreign dictator. Not because there is insufficient evidence to support the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, but because of threats and fear-mongering by the Turkish State of today.”<\/p>\n Megerditchian said: “Australian foreign policy should be written by Australians, elected by Australians, and not by a foreign government. Prime Minister Morrison has slammed foreign interference in Australian politics in the past. Now it seems he has succumbed to it.”<\/p>\n Chair of the Armenian Youth Federation of Australia (AYF-AU) Central Executive, Aram Tufenkjian opened had earlier opened proceedings with a welcome address.<\/p>\n Tuesday, 30 April 2019<\/span><\/p>\n SYDNEY: Around 2,000 Sydney Armenians marched in the centre of Sydney to call on the government of Australia to recognise the Armenian Genocide and justice for the Armenian Genocide by the denialist Republic of Turkey. A special focus, which also attracted mass media attention, was the community’s condemnation\u00a0of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s backflip on Armenian Genocide recognition.<\/p>\n\n
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