A PROTEST ACTION NEAR TURKISH EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON
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More than fifty university students, public policy professionals, and community activists joined with the Armenian Youth Federation [Ho. Hee. Dashnaktsutyan Yeridasartagan Miutiun] last Friday outside the gates of the Turkish Embassy to protest a program honoring the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) - a group noted for its strident and hateful denial of the Armenian Genocide.
The protest, organized by the Armenian Youth Federation Washington "Ani" chapter, was held on the 25th anniversary of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA). Among the programs the ATAA organized around its anniversary where this reception as well as a three day-long conference, featuring presentations by paid lobbyists for Turkey, including former Congressmen Bob Livingston. In addition to condemning the Turkish government's ongoing campaign of Armenian Genocide denial, the demonstrators drew the public's attention to Turkey's blockade of Armenia and human rights violations against its own citizens.