Holocaust Memorial Day - Statement from York Green Party

Greens support Holocaust memorial

Cllr Andy D'Agorne joined other party leaders at York's annual Holocaust Memorial Day.

Cllr Andy D'Agorne spoke alongside the other party leaders at the Holocaust Memorial Day event on Wednesday. Standing at the foot of Cliffords Tower where 150 Jews perished in 1190 he said, "Whether (the victims are) Jews or people in Dafur, Zimbabwe or the Middle East, we must speak out in defence of human rights and provide humanitarian aid to the victims of war, whichever 'side' they are on" The event later that evening included songs, drumming and personal accounts from a Holocaust survivor and an Ethiopean refugee.