A Group of Armenians Staged a 'Die-In' Demonstration to Raise Awareness of the Armenian Genocide

• 04.09.2019, 19:27
•  America,  World,  Diaspora

After the 113 to 109 Los Angeles Lakers victory over the Utah Jazz on April 7, fans exited the Staples Center to find a group of Armenian Youth Federation activists staging a "die-in" demonstration to raise awareness of the Armenian Genocide, ''Asbarez'' reports. 

AYF members were silently sitting or lying on the ground just outside the Staples Center as thousands of attendees witnessed and held signs that brought attention to the issue of the Armenian Genocide.

"We are here to educate the community of the atrocities perpetrated by Turkey during the first genocide of the 20th century, and to inform the public that proper justice, in form of restitution and reparation, has not been restored for the Armenian people," stated Hakop Hajibekyan, co-chairperson of the AYF’s Hye Tad Committee.