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Anadolu Agency (AA), Turkey
January 21, 2012 Saturday
Turks in Paris march to protest Armenian bill
Thousands gather in Paris to protest French bill on Ottoman era
incidents of 1915.
PARIS Thousands of Turks living in France and other countries in
Europe gathered on Saturday in the French capital to protest a bill
that makes it a crime in France to deny Armenian allegations regarding
the Ottoman era incidents of 1915.
Despite rain and cold weather the number of protestors reached to
nearly 40 thousand as they shunned the bill which penalizes denial of
the Armenian allegations with a prison term of one year and a fine of
45 thousand euros.
The bill is set to come to the Senate floor this coming Monday but
French Senate members could vote to uphold a parliamentary committee
decision and drop the bill off the agenda without even debating it.
January 21, 2012 Saturday
Turks in Paris march to protest Armenian bill
Thousands gather in Paris to protest French bill on Ottoman era
incidents of 1915.
PARIS Thousands of Turks living in France and other countries in
Europe gathered on Saturday in the French capital to protest a bill
that makes it a crime in France to deny Armenian allegations regarding
the Ottoman era incidents of 1915.
Despite rain and cold weather the number of protestors reached to
nearly 40 thousand as they shunned the bill which penalizes denial of
the Armenian allegations with a prison term of one year and a fine of
45 thousand euros.
The bill is set to come to the Senate floor this coming Monday but
French Senate members could vote to uphold a parliamentary committee
decision and drop the bill off the agenda without even debating it.