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Siranush
Ghazanchyan, April 12, 2021
The 2021 March for Justice, to
take place in Sydney’s CBD on Saturday 24th April, will be co-sponsored by the
peak advocacy groups representing the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian
and Greek-Australian communities, reported the Armenian National Committee of
Australia.
The Joint Justice Initiative,
which is represented by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU),
the Assyrian National Council – Australia and the Australian Hellenic Council,
are calling on their respective communities to turn up to The Domain in Sydney
to begin the March for Justice, which sends a clear message to Prime Minister
Scott Morrison and his government – that these communities demand Federal
Government recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.
This cooperative expression of
demand is a graduation of the Joint Justice Initiative’s activities from the
strictly political to the grassroots. Since the three communities’ advocacy
arms formalised their cooperation with a launch in February 2020, over 40
Federal parliamentarians have signed up to the Joint Justice Initiative,
pledging allegiance to national Australian recognition of the 1915 genocides.
The annual March For Justice will
begin at 3pm (AEST), and typically attracts thousands of marchers. This year’s
procession will begin at The Domain and proceed through Sydney’s Central
Business District before concluding with a special programme at Sydney Town
Hall.
Led by the Homenetmen Scouts
Marching band, the leading delegation will also include political
representatives, clergy, community leaders, youth groups and school students
from the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian
communities.
“Most Armenian-Australians, as
well as many Assyrian-Australians and Greek-Australians, are direct descendants
of survivors of what we commemorate as the Armenian Genocide,” said ANC-AU
Political Affairs Director, Michael Kolokossian. “Many of us have been directly
impacted by the the Turkish State’s genocidal policies, execution and denial in
our own ways, and us Armenians saw this manifest again during the 2020 Nagorno
Karabakh War.”
“We are pleased to be standing in
solidarity with our sisters and brothers from the Assyrian and Greek
communities at this year’s March for Justice, and are determined to project our
voices all the way to Canberra.”
Buses have been organised to be
leaving from numerous locations across Sydney including Willoughby, Chatswood,
Ryde, Bonnyrigg, Lidcombe and Wentworthville. Announcements detailing specifics
will follow.
The March for Justice is also
co-sponsored by the Armenian Genocide Commemorative Committee and organised by
a group of the largest Armenian-Australian organisations.
A similar group of organisations
in Melbourne have announced a Melbourne March for Justice for the same day,
24th April 2021.
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