20 октября в парламенте Австралии прошли слушания по вопросу признания Геноцида армян по инициативе Джо Хокки, сенатора и представителя армянской общины Австралии. Им же была подготовлена петиция к Австралийскому парламенту (подписать можно тут http://anc.org.au/epetition/view/5)
CANBERRA: On October 20th, Federal Member for North Sydney, the Hon. Joe Hockey spoke openly about the Armenian Genocide in the Federal Parliament of Australia, calling for recognition of this heinous crime.
In response to appeals by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia), Hockey raised in Parliament the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) recent use of the qualifier 'alleged' when making reference to the Armenian Genocide in a documentary entitled 'Family Footsteps - Armenia' broadcast in September.
Hockey stated: "In the dead of night on 24 April 1915, 250 Armenian political, religious, educational and intellectual leaders in Istanbul were arrested, deported to the interior of the country and murdered... which is now recognised as the beginning of an official attempt by the Turkish government to exterminate its Armenian population.
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