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FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL CRIMINALIZATION BILL
Tert.am
22.12.11
The bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide has received
the the French National Assembly's approval.
Under the legal act proposed by lawmaker Valerie Voyer, anyone on
the territory of France denying the fact of the Armenian massacres
in the Ottoman Empire in the WWI period will face one year in prison
and a fine of 45,000 Euros.
A similar bill adopted by the National Assembly on October 16, 2006
was never approved by the Senate. In May, 2011, the upper chamber of
the French parliament rejected the proposal by a vote of 74 in favor
and 196 against.
Ankara has numerously slammed France over the bill, saying that its
passage would have irrevocable consequences on the French-Turkish
relations. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently said
the initiative is against the Turkish state, Turkish nation and the
Turkish community of France. In a letter to French President Nicolas
Sarkozy, the Erdogan said the adoption of the bill would neghatively
affect the political, economic and cultural relations between the
two countries.
Tert.am
22.12.11
The bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide has received
the the French National Assembly's approval.
Under the legal act proposed by lawmaker Valerie Voyer, anyone on
the territory of France denying the fact of the Armenian massacres
in the Ottoman Empire in the WWI period will face one year in prison
and a fine of 45,000 Euros.
A similar bill adopted by the National Assembly on October 16, 2006
was never approved by the Senate. In May, 2011, the upper chamber of
the French parliament rejected the proposal by a vote of 74 in favor
and 196 against.
Ankara has numerously slammed France over the bill, saying that its
passage would have irrevocable consequences on the French-Turkish
relations. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently said
the initiative is against the Turkish state, Turkish nation and the
Turkish community of France. In a letter to French President Nicolas
Sarkozy, the Erdogan said the adoption of the bill would neghatively
affect the political, economic and cultural relations between the
two countries.