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ICELANDIC MPS PROPOSE GENOCIDE RECOGNITION INITIATIVE
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 16, 2012 - 22:01 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Icelandic parliamentarians submitted a proposal
urging the country's government for official recognition of the
Armenian Genocide. According to Iceland's media, the initiative was
proposed by MargrÊt TryggvadÕttir, a member of The Movement party.
The initiative was supported by two members of The Movement - aÕr Saari
and Birgitta JÕnsdÕttir as well as Lilja MÕsesdÕttir and GuÒmundur
SteingrÎmsson, chairs of Solidarity and Bright Future parties.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide. The bill envisaged imposing a 45,000 euro fine and
a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against
humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Later, the French Constitutional Council ruled that a bill adopted
by the French Senate making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide
was anti-constitutional.
In a statement the Council said the bill adopted by parliament on
January 23 represented an "unconstitutional breach of the practice
of freedom of expression and communication."
Turkey reacted furiously when the Senate approved the law. Ankara
halted political and military cooperation with France and was
threatening to cut off economic and cultural ties if the law took
effect.
Immediately after French Constitutional Council ruling, President
Nicolas Sarkozy instructed the government to submit a new draft law
punishing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 16, 2012 - 22:01 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Icelandic parliamentarians submitted a proposal
urging the country's government for official recognition of the
Armenian Genocide. According to Iceland's media, the initiative was
proposed by MargrÊt TryggvadÕttir, a member of The Movement party.
The initiative was supported by two members of The Movement - aÕr Saari
and Birgitta JÕnsdÕttir as well as Lilja MÕsesdÕttir and GuÒmundur
SteingrÎmsson, chairs of Solidarity and Bright Future parties.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide. The bill envisaged imposing a 45,000 euro fine and
a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against
humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Later, the French Constitutional Council ruled that a bill adopted
by the French Senate making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide
was anti-constitutional.
In a statement the Council said the bill adopted by parliament on
January 23 represented an "unconstitutional breach of the practice
of freedom of expression and communication."
Turkey reacted furiously when the Senate approved the law. Ankara
halted political and military cooperation with France and was
threatening to cut off economic and cultural ties if the law took
effect.
Immediately after French Constitutional Council ruling, President
Nicolas Sarkozy instructed the government to submit a new draft law
punishing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.