PRESS RELEASE

To HEC-ASSOCIATED Members and
HELLENIC-PRESS
Wilmington DE, USA
Date 09/07/01
contact action@hec.greece.org

Today, September 7, 2001 the Executive Council of HEC announced that:

a week ago, HEC notified you of a proclamation signed by the Governor of Alabama which essentially accused the Greeks, Armenians and Assyrians of massacres committed against Turks between 1918-1922. HEC immediately began a large effort to have the Governor retract the proclamation. He refused to do so and consequently we have embarked on an information campaign to demand a full retraction of the proclamation as well as an apology to Greek-Americans, Armenian-Americans and Assyrian-Americans.

Currently, our effort has gathered more than 1000 signatures in an electronic petition at http://www.greece.org/themis. We urge all of you to sign the petition and to send letters to the Governor at

THEMIS@hec.greece.org

Additionally, we would like to ask you to feature this issue in your columns and programs.

It is a disgrace that history is being distorted and accepted by individuals who are elected to serve justice and truth.

HEC is a non-profit, non-political and non-commercial Electronic Association. It is offering FREE internet services to the biggest Hellenic Associations of Diaspora . Among its Associated Members are AHEPA, AHI, AHMP,CFA, GENOCIDE CONSTANTINOPOILITES and others. In addition the HEC-Network has created an Electronic Union among Hellenes of Diaspora. If you want to join and work for HEC, please apply at www.greece.org/network.

Your work will benefit HELLENISM

HEC Executive Council
www.greece.org