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SYDNEY: Thousands from Sydney’s Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian
and Greek-Australian communities will make Sydney’s Central Business District
stand up and take notice this Sunday 23rd April 2023, in a joint
#MARCHFORJUSTICE calling for Federal Australian recognition of the 1915
Genocides committed by the Ottoman Empire, reported the Armenian National
Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).
The annual March For Justice will see all three communities take to the
streets of Sydney in force, calling for the Prime Minister of Australia and
Opposition Leader to accurately characterise the massacres of Armenians,
Assyrians and Greeks as Genocide.
This year’s March For Justice participants will congregate at the iconic
Hyde Park Fountain at 2:00 pm (AEST) and will march towards Sydney’s Customs
House near Circular Quay, where they will conclude with a special programme.
Led by the Homenetmen Australia Scouts Marching band, the leading
delegation will also include clergy, community leaders, youth groups and school
students from the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian
communities.
The 2023 March for Justice is sponsored by the Joint Justice Initiative
and organised by the March For Justice Organising Committee, comprising some of
the largest Armenian-Australian community organisations.
"This is the annual opportunity
for our community, many of us direct descendants of survivors of the first
Genocide of the 20th century, to show that our ancestors’ sacrifices were not
in vain and we will continue to honour their memory," said a statement
from the Organising Committee.
ANC-AU Executive Director Michael Kolokossian said, “We call on our
broader community, and our Assyrian and Greek compatriots, to turn up and make
their voices heard as the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition prepare
statements which will be delivered on the 24th of April.”
On Monday 24th of April 2023, the Australian National Commemoration of
the 108th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide will reveal the positions of the
leaders of both major parties on this issue.
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