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FRENCH SENATE TO SUBMIT SO-CALLED "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION
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Dec 20 2011
Azerbaijan
The French Senate will submit the so-called "Armenian genocide"
for discussion on Thursday, CNN Turk TV channel reported.
A member of the French president's party, the Union for a Popular
Movement (UMP) which has the parliamentary majority, presented a
bill earlier this month aimed at introducing criminal punishment to
the legislative committee of the National Assembly for denial of the
so-called 'Armenian genocide'.
The bill which was signed by 40 members of the UMP party and the New
Centre party, provides up to one year's imprisonment and a fine of
45,000 euros for those who deny the so-called 'Armenian genocide'.
The Armenians and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of
Turkey - Ottoman Empire has carried out 'genocide' against Armenians
living in Anatolia in 1915 and achieved recognition of these events
as genocide in the parliaments of several countries.
Trend
Dec 20 2011
Azerbaijan
The French Senate will submit the so-called "Armenian genocide"
for discussion on Thursday, CNN Turk TV channel reported.
A member of the French president's party, the Union for a Popular
Movement (UMP) which has the parliamentary majority, presented a
bill earlier this month aimed at introducing criminal punishment to
the legislative committee of the National Assembly for denial of the
so-called 'Armenian genocide'.
The bill which was signed by 40 members of the UMP party and the New
Centre party, provides up to one year's imprisonment and a fine of
45,000 euros for those who deny the so-called 'Armenian genocide'.
The Armenians and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of
Turkey - Ottoman Empire has carried out 'genocide' against Armenians
living in Anatolia in 1915 and achieved recognition of these events
as genocide in the parliaments of several countries.