On July 27 1983, five Lebanese Armenains stormed the Turkish Embassy in Lisbon demanding Turkey to acknowledge its 1915 genocide of Armenians.
In a note delivered to the news media during the takeover, the Armenian Revolutionary Army said: “We have decided to blow up this building and remain under the collapse. This is not suicide not an expression of insanity, but rather our sacrifice to the altar of freedom”. The note also said that they had resorted to armed struggle because peaceful means for the ‘pursuit of our just cause’ had failed.
Today, the Lebanese youth association following the Tashnag party has organized an event dedicated to the five Lisbon heroes.
Սիրելի՛ հայորդի,
Այսօր՝ շաբաթ, 26 յուլիս 2008-ի երեկոյեան ժամը 6:30-ին հաւաքուինք ԼԵՄ-ի կեդրոնին մօտ (ԼՕԽ-ի «Ա. Պուլղուրճեան» կեդրոնին կից), Նոր Սիս, միասնաբար ուղղուելու համար դէպի Պուրճ Համուտի Ազգային գերեզմանատուն, ուր տեղի պիտի ունենայ Լիզպոնի գործողութեան 25-ամեակի յիշատակի ձեռնարկը:
Aztag newspaper, in their monthly issue, has also published about the Lisbon 5. Download the pdf file from aztag’s website, click here!
[...] Sent By L.Y.A. (or L.E.M.) As a continuation of my old thread about Lisbon 5, here is the email sent by the Leabnese Youth Association which is an announcement about Lisbon 5 [...]
By: Email Sent By L.Y.A. (or L.E.M.) « LebArmenian on July 26, 2008
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[...] I mentioned in my two previous articles (Email Sent By L.Y.A. and Lisbon 5) that there will be an event to commemorate the heroes to sacrificed their lives in [...]
By: Lisbon 5 Commemoration in Lebanon (Pictures) « LebArmenian on August 1, 2008
at 4:29 pm
May God Bless the Five Heros
May God Bless The Armenian Revolution!
By: Ara on August 1, 2008
at 4:32 pm
mendz harkang ayt gdrich engerneroun yerane ayt hiyen vor er azkin hamar ge zohvi
By: christ on July 16, 2009
at 11:27 pm