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    THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT MAY ADOPT A BILL ON PENALIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIERS

    Public Radio, Armenia
    Nov 27 2006

    In case the "Christian Union" Party is included in the Government and
    coalition of Netherlands, it is possible that before spring the country
    will adopt a bill penalizing the negation of the Armenian Genocide,
    ARF Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director for Netherlands Masis
    Abrahamyan told "Armenpress." In his words, the parliamentary elections
    served as a reason for launching a serious discussion of the Armenian
    Genocide issue. "The Armenian Genocide issue is a very urgent one in
    Dutch politics. When the National Assembly starts working, the bill
    penalizing the Armenian Genocide negation will again be discussed,"
    Masis Abrahamyan assured, noting that the left-wing Socialist and
    Workers' Party oppose the bill.

    The "Christian Union" faction had presented the bill on "Punishment of
    genocide deniers" to the Dutch Parliament still during the previous
    session in June. The bill envisages 1-2 years of imprisonment or a
    financial charge for negating the Armenian and other genocides. The law
    in force in Netherlands applies only to the negation of the Jewish
    Genocide, but the party suggests to apply it to other genocides
    as well.
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