About 100 Armenians gathered in Lyons, France for a torchlight procession in commemoration of Armenian Genocide victims. The action was initiated by ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Nor Serund youth organization.

The demonstrators laid flowers at the memorial to Genocide victims, urging Turkey to abandon the denial policy and acknowledge the fact of the Genocide, Nouvelles d’ Armenie reported.

“The only fault of those massacred in 1915 was that they were Armenians,” a Nor Serund youth organization member said.

The cities of Paris and Marseilles are also hosting commemorative events to be followed by a liturgy for innocent victims of the tragedy.