London, UK. 21st April 2018. Armenians meet at Marble Arch to march through London to the Cenotaph at the start of a series of events commemorating the 103rd anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. A banner has a poem written in 1941 by H Shiraz, "We were peaceful as our mountains You invaded like savage storms. We rose against you like our mountains, You howled like savage storms. Credit: Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
London, UK. 21st April 2018. Armenians meet at Marble Arch to march through London to the Cenotaph at the start of a series of events commemorating the 103rd anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. A banner has a poem written in 1941 by H Shiraz, "We were peaceful as our mountains You invaded like savage storms. We rose against you like our mountains, You howled like savage storms. But we are eternal as our mountains. You will die out like savage storms." The Armenians demand the UK follow the lead of many other countries and recognise the Armenian genocide. Between 1915 and 1923 Turkey killed Armenians, around 70% of the Armenian population, but Turkey still refuses to accept these mass killings as genocide. Before the march set off there was a short speech and a musical performance by Dirk Campbell, the father of Anna Campbell, a British volunteer killed fighting for Afrin in the Kurdish YPJ who drew comparisons between the plight of the Kurdish and Armenian peoples. The word genocide was coined in 1943 to describe organised killings such as that in Turkey, and most historians and genocide scholars as well as the UN recognise the killing of the Armenians as genocide, and it has been officially recognised by 29 countries including Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Russia. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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