April 21, 2006: On Holocaust Remembrance Day, CJC asks Canadian legislators to wear green ribbons for Darfur
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OTTAWA – On Tuesday, April 25, Holocaust Remembrance Day, legislators in the House of Commons, Quebec’s National Assembly, and the legislatures of British Columbia and Ontario will wear green ribbons provided by Canadian Jewish Congress to demonstrate their support for the people of Darfur, Sudan.“On Yom Hashoah, Canadians are reminded of the world’s hope that never again would genocide confront us,” said CJC National Darfur Committee Chair Mark Weintraub. “On this day, more than any other, we must honour the memory of the victims and the survivors of the Holocaust by not forgetting those who are currently suffering in the overwhelming tragedy unfolding in Darfur,” he noted.
“As Canadians we have a moral obligation both to remember the horrors of the past and recognize and act to undo the tragedies occurring in the world around us today,” said CJC National President Ed Morgan. “The lessons of the Holocaust require no less of us, as individuals and as a nation.”
Since 2003, millions of Darfurians have been forced from their homes and hundreds of thousands of men, women and children have been tortured, raped or slaughtered by the Janjaweed militia in Sudan.
“The world community has recognized that action must be taken to stop the human catastrophe in Darfur,” said Weintraub. “The Canadian government has a responsibility to take a leading role in this process.”
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Contact:
Wendy Lampert
National Director of Communications
Canadian Jewish Congress
416-631-5844
wlampert@on.cjc.ca
www.cjc.ca
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