PRESS RELEASE
Wales-Armenia Solidarity
contact: E.Williams
c/o The Temple of Peace, Cardiff
e-mail address : [email protected]
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMMORATED IN ART, POETRY, MUSIC AND PRAYER IN WALES
An extensive programe encompassing the above fields of human activity
will take place in Wales during the period of 13th -24th of april
1 An art exhibition by Nanor Tashdjian opened today at the foyer of
the Temple of Peace, Cathays Park, Cardiff and will be shown until
mid-day of the 21st april. The exhibition will contain some iconic
pieces depicting the genocide.
2 The 5th Welsh National Commemmoration of the Armenian Genocide will
take place on wednesday, 20th april in the Temple of Peace at 7.00
p.m. Taking part will be representatives of political parties and
religious denominations, as as well as Human rights activists. This
event will also include poetry readings about the Genocide by
prominent Welsh poets Mike Jenkins and Chris Williams. This
commemmoration ocurrs with the co-operation of CRAG, London
3 On saturday, 23rd April, a concert will take place, featuring by the
18-piece Armenian traditional music group “Keram” from Marseille at
8.00 p.m. at the Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales. They
will travel all this distance to thank the people of Wales for their
support for the Genocide Recognition Campaign. This concert takes
place thanks to the efforts of a former group member Mr Arnaud Amat,
who is an UN exchange volunteer working with Promo-Cymru in Cardiff.
4 On Sunday, 24th April prayers will be said in many Christian
Churches throughout Wales to remember the 1.5 million Christian
Martyrs of Armenia of the Genocide of 1915-1923, as well as the
300,000 Martyrs of the earlier massacres.This is in response to the
World Council of Churches recomendation.
5 On thursday, 28th April there will be an opportunity to raise issues
with the Turkish Ambassador, who will take part in a debate at the
Temple of Peace about Turkey’s hope for EU membership. He will be
questioned about Turkey’s denial of the Genocide and Turkey’s economic
blockade of Armenia.