{"id":93372,"date":"2025-02-18T18:27:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=93372"},"modified":"2025-02-21T16:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T16:25:14","slug":"plaque-unveiled-in-honour-of-welsh-people-fighting-to-recognise-armenian-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/18\/plaque-unveiled-in-honour-of-welsh-people-fighting-to-recognise-armenian-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaque unveiled in honour of Welsh people fighting to recognise Armenian genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">&#8216;They believed that the events of 1915 did constitute a genocide and the truth was something worth fighting for&#8217;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>WELSH-ARMENIANS have unveiled a plaque for the Welsh people who have fought to recognise the Armenian genocide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey believed that the events of 1915 did constitute a genocide and the truth was something worth fighting for,\u201d said Armenian businessman John Torosyan, who lives in Llandaff, Cardiff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-8-2-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>John Torosyan<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Armenian genocide was an ethnic cleansing that took place between 1915 and 1922 at the hands of the Ottoman Empire &#8211; which became modern-day Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An estimated one and a half million Armenians &#8211; or 60% of all Armenians at the time &#8211; were murdered. Turkey still denies the genocide, and many nations, including the UK, have also refused to recognise the event as genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the efforts of the individuals named on the plaque &#8211; which is in the Temple of Peace garden &#8211; Wales is the only country in the UK where both the church and state have called the effort to destroy the Armenian people and culture a genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plaque was unveiled as a part of the 110th anniversary of the atrocities and recognises the contributions of five Welsh people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-5-2-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Among them is the Reverend Dr Canon Patrick Thomas, whose efforts led to the Church in Wales officially recognising the genocide, and the late Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas &#8211; who died on February 7 this year &#8211; who was Speaker of the Assembly and campaigned for the state recognition of the genocide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activist Stephen Thomas received more than 600 emails and delegations protesting the construction of the memorial, which was political activist Eilian Williams&#8217; idea, but continued anyway. Both are also named on the plaque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe truth has got to be put right or you\u2019re living in a make-believe world,\u201d said Mr Torosyan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHistory is who we are, why we are the way we are, and why we are here today. Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jessica Morden MP for Newport East, who attended the unveiling, said: \u201cIt is absolutely right that we remember what happened and call it what it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a strong affinity between Wales and Armenia. Both are small countries in mountainous regions with big neighbours. I have visited Armenia and loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plaque is next to Cardiff\u2019s memorial to the genocide, which was erected controversially in 2007 as the first to do so in the UK, and desecrated just a year later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The memorial is made of both Welsh slate and sandstone made to resemble Armenian khachkar &#8211; a type of rock. It was designed similarly to the Celtic cross, and symbolises \u201cY Gwir yn erbyn y Byd\u201d &#8211; truth against the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plaque is written in Welsh, English and Armenian.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-734x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-734x1024.jpg 734w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-770x1074.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-1101x1536.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-1468x2048.jpg 1468w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-293x409.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-1400x1953.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-scaled.jpg 1835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-734x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-734x1024.jpg 734w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-770x1074.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-1101x1536.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-1468x2048.jpg 1468w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-293x409.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-1400x1953.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Adobe-Express-file-4-1-scaled.jpg 1835w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Ani Torosyan<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn Turkey, we dare not speak our language, just like the Welsh didn\u2019t,\u201d Mr Torosyan added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Torosyan and his wife Ani have not returned to their home country of Turkey since 1966, when they were harassed by armed soldiers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have been in Wales since, fostering a community of 60 people and 12 children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe consider our community fully integrated but holding a semblance of identity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They run a community centre and Armenian language school for the children. They have also fought to have the genocide recognised by the UK government, but \u201cdon\u2019t think it ever will\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the efforts of many individuals within Welsh government, including ex-First Minister Carwyn Jones who paid homage to the Armenians on Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Lord Elis-Thomas whose National Assembly granted the land for the memorial and allowed the word genocide to be used, it is unable to fully recognise the genocide because \u201cforeign policy is a matter for the UK government\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UK government has said that it is unable to classify the tragedy as a genocide because it predates the UN Convention on Genocide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it classes the holocaust, which also predates the convention, as a genocide. Many other countries, including the US and Germany, do recognise the Armenian genocide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term genocide was even created to refer to the ethnic cleansing of Armenians.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Torosyan said these efforts are especially important now, with relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan worsening. Azerbaijan has this month submitted a lawsuit against Armenia for their use of land once belonging to Azerbaijan, where violence against Armenians continues today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though praising the Welsh government\u2019s \u201cincremental steps,\u201d he calls on it to condemn the ongoing violence and urge the UK government to do more in support of Armenians.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Armenian singing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gnSHLjuSGZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe 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