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Public Radio, Armenia
Jan 4 2012
French Senate to vote on Armenian genocide law this month
04.01.2012 16:42
France's upper house of parliament will vote this month on a bill to
outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide, a government official told
AFP, despite a furious diplomatic spat with Turkey.
The French lower house approved the law last month, threatening anyone
who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turk forces
amounted to genocide with jail, drawing a threat of sanctions from
Turkey.
Ankara froze political and military ties with France when the bill was
passed by the National Assembly, and has threatened further measures
if it continues through the Senate or is approved by President Nicolas
Sarkozy.
France recognised the killings as a genocide in 2001, but the new bill
would punish anyone who denies this with a year in jail and a fine of
45,000 euros.
Jan 4 2012
French Senate to vote on Armenian genocide law this month
04.01.2012 16:42
France's upper house of parliament will vote this month on a bill to
outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide, a government official told
AFP, despite a furious diplomatic spat with Turkey.
The French lower house approved the law last month, threatening anyone
who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turk forces
amounted to genocide with jail, drawing a threat of sanctions from
Turkey.
Ankara froze political and military ties with France when the bill was
passed by the National Assembly, and has threatened further measures
if it continues through the Senate or is approved by President Nicolas
Sarkozy.
France recognised the killings as a genocide in 2001, but the new bill
would punish anyone who denies this with a year in jail and a fine of
45,000 euros.