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EXPERT: SOME IN ARMENIA MISUNDERSTAND MEANING OF GENOCIDE BILL
PanARMENIAN.Net
January 10, 2012 - 14:43 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Some in Armenia misunderstand developments in
France regarding the bill criminalizing Genocide denial, the Caucasus
Institute director said.
Alexander Iskandaryan assessed French National Assembly's decision
as the product of Armenian lobbying efforts, as well as humanitarian
problem of Genocide and its evaluation.
In addition to the aforesaid factors, the expert also conditioned
the draft law by France's intention to use Armenian Genocide issue
as a tool of pressure on Turkey.
Iskandaryan further linked French policy regarding the issue both
with upcoming elections in France and Turkey's plans to boost its
role in the Middle East.
Dwelling on Senate voting on the bill, the political analyst viewed
final criminalization of genocide denial as utterly possible.
On December 22, 2011, French National Assembly passed a bill
criminalizing public denial of the Armenian Genocide. If passed and
signed into law by the Senate, the bill would impose 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.
PanARMENIAN.Net
January 10, 2012 - 14:43 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Some in Armenia misunderstand developments in
France regarding the bill criminalizing Genocide denial, the Caucasus
Institute director said.
Alexander Iskandaryan assessed French National Assembly's decision
as the product of Armenian lobbying efforts, as well as humanitarian
problem of Genocide and its evaluation.
In addition to the aforesaid factors, the expert also conditioned
the draft law by France's intention to use Armenian Genocide issue
as a tool of pressure on Turkey.
Iskandaryan further linked French policy regarding the issue both
with upcoming elections in France and Turkey's plans to boost its
role in the Middle East.
Dwelling on Senate voting on the bill, the political analyst viewed
final criminalization of genocide denial as utterly possible.
On December 22, 2011, French National Assembly passed a bill
criminalizing public denial of the Armenian Genocide. If passed and
signed into law by the Senate, the bill would impose 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.