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  • ANKARA: J'accuse! (I blame)

    Sabah, Turkey
    Oct 13 2006

    J'accuse! (I blame)


    Putting itself in a judge's position, the French Parliament has
    signed an unjust decision which has offended Turkish nation. The same
    France, 112 years ago, issued another injustice by imprisoning its
    own army officer, thinking he was a spy.

    Years ago, when Officer Dreyfus was blamed for being a spy, the
    French government imprisoned him without having acquired sufficient
    evidence. The famous author Emile Zola defended him in L'Aurore
    Newspaper's headline: "J'accuse! (I blame) she wrote to the French
    government. That same government went on to convict Emile Zola as
    well.

    After many years passed, France accepted both Dreyfus's and Zola's
    innocence and had to apologize to both. Yesterday's decision has
    reminded everyone of Zola's "J'accuse!" headline. Ignoring Turkish
    protests, the French parliament approved a bill and made it a crime
    to deny that Armenians suffered from a genocide in 1915 at the hands
    of the Ottoman Turks. The motion was carried by 106 votes to 19.
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