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FRENCH SENATE OUTLAWS DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Agence France Presse
Jan 23 2012
PARIS - French senators on Monday approved a bill that outlaws denial
of the Armenian genocide, despite vows from a furious Turkey that it
would punish Paris with "permanent" sanctions.
The Senate passed by a vote of 127 to 86 the bill which threatens with
jail anyone in France who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians
by Ottoman Turks amounted to genocide.
The measure must now be signed by President Nicolas Sarkozy to
become law.
Agence France Presse
Jan 23 2012
PARIS - French senators on Monday approved a bill that outlaws denial
of the Armenian genocide, despite vows from a furious Turkey that it
would punish Paris with "permanent" sanctions.
The Senate passed by a vote of 127 to 86 the bill which threatens with
jail anyone in France who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians
by Ottoman Turks amounted to genocide.
The measure must now be signed by President Nicolas Sarkozy to
become law.