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    French FM deems Genocide bill discussion possible in Paris

    August 20, 2012 - 18:27 AMT


    PanARMENIAN.Net - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius believes
    another discussion of the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide
    denial is possible in Paris.

    In response to a journalist's remarks, suggesting `French President
    François Hollande's post-election statement that the Genocide bill
    will be back on parliament's agenda runs counter to earlier pledges,'
    Minister Fabius noted that both Sarkozy and Hollande issued such
    statements during their election campaign.

    `Hope further decisions will be devoid of emotion,' he said.

    On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill making it a crime to
    deny 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 the bill as
    anti-constitutional. In a statement the Council said the document
    represented an `unconstitutional breach of the practice of freedom of
    expression and communication.'




    From: A. Papazian
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